Layout of all the monasteries of gandhara was almost same and water
pond in the middle of the monastery court was an integral part of it.
Apparently, purpose of this depression was to drain-out the rain
water from the court of the monastery, but in the living Buddhism,
the Buddhist monks have a practice to grow lotus flowers in it and
the pond remains full of water all the time.So the practice must have
been same in the ancient times.The deression in the middle of the
court is a little over one ft. deep and provided with four sets of
steps, one in the middle of each side.On its southern side a drain,
passing beneath cell 21, carries off the excessive rain water discharged
into it from the roofs.
One a platform at the south-east corner of the pond is a small
bathroom provided with entrance on its northern and southern side
and furnished with a drain on its west side.Which dischacges into
the pond.The walls of the bathroom are of late semi-ashlar masonry
and are now standing to a height of about 5 ft. and it has two
doorways.
