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Close to the Gal Vihāra stands the Jetavana-vihāra temple, built of brick, 170 feet long by 70 feet wide and still about 70 feet high. ‘It was divided into two halls, the inner or shrine being wider than the outer or eastern one, and containing an erect statue of Buddha, built of brick, 58 feet in height. The entrance is flanked by two polygonal turrets, on the bases of which were Dvārapālas or Yakshas in high relief, and the highly carved stone steps at the entrance were 20 feet long. On the north side of it is the Kiri Dagaba, about 70 feet in diameter and nearly 100 feet in height, with two smaller topes standing on raised platforms.’ The whole space measuring 577 feet by 500 feet, once contained other monuments.