Report On the Excavations At Pātaliputra (Patna); the Palibothra of the Greeks
Report On the Excavations At Pātaliputra (Patna); the Palibothra of the Greeks
Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938
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Digitized by Google 64 THE SUBURBAN MONUMENTS. was made into the southern side of the mound in 1896 showed unmistakeably the remains of solid brickwork of two great stupas side by side--one to the east of the other. But it was a mere shell, having been dug so freely into, and it still is being dug fitfully into, for the hidden treasure of the old ra;a, just an related in HiUEN TsiANG*s day; and as in his day also they still build upon it. Curiously too I found under a tree in the neighbourhood ...a small basalt image of the prototype of this Indian Midas, the wealthy Nanda,* namely, the burly Buddhist god of wealth, JambhalUy sitting over his hoards of treasure and holding a mongoose, which, as the master of the treasure-guarding snakes (the Naga8)y symbolises wealth. Upon this image was cut the Buddhist creed in mediaaval characters. Whilst these *6 $tiipas^ were the most southerly of the monuments bordering the old palace, the most northerly was the artificial hillock built by Asoka for his young brother.
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