Phahrá, a large village on the Murhar, and south of Deokut, near the Dháwá river; the remains here consist simply of statues, and have been noticed by Kittoe, J. A. S., 1847, page 278. I did not see the place.
Bhuráhá is a small village 2 miles east of the Mándá hills. It is noticed by Kittoe in J. A. S., 1847, page 277. I did not see the place. There were, he says, several chaityas and vihâras here, and here are also some springs of mineral waters, to which no doubt the place owes its ancient importance.
Gunaria is situated 3 miles south-east of the Mándá hills; its ancient name Captain Kittoe discovered to have been Sri Guncharita, and it was the site of a large vihara and town; here are also the remains of numerous lingam temples. (J. A. S., Bengal, 1847, page 278)
Umgá and Deo are two interesting places on and near the Grand Trunk Road from Shergháti to Benares; the description of the remains in these places is too long to be extracted. (I refer to the original papers in J. A. S., Bengal, 1817, page 656 et seq. and 1221 et seq.) I must add that since Kittoe’s time several additions to the list of remains in and about Deo have been made by Mr. Peppe, who has, I believe, taken photographs of the more interesting remains. At Cheon, eight miles north-east of Umgá, are old temples; to the east of the village, to the south of these, and to the east of a little hill, are mounds with statues; 300 yards west on another hill called Pachhár is a cave with a figure of Maya Devi inside; the cave faces south. A mile to the south is another cluster of hills within the boundary of the village Deokili, where there are numerous small caves. I did not visit any of these places.
Bishanpur Ghenjan is a considerable village about two miles north-east of Kispa, on the Murhar; here are several mounds and a few statues; the place was visited and photographs taken by Mr. Peppe. Two inscribed statues exist; one of these inscriptions is merely the Buddhist creed—Ye Dharmma, &c.; the other is a single word incomplete—[Ma] hasramana, the last word in the Buddhist creed.
Pai Bigha is a considerable village on the Dardhá river close to the point where it separates from the Murhar, and above 2 miles to the south-east of Bishanpur Ghenjan; there are several square granite pillars roughly dressed. One was clearly a pilaster; the temples they belonged to must have been Saivic, as they are all marked with a deeply cut trisul;
