CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. 



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Practice. Chitterbooz trampling on Callea Naug. 42. Ballaju. 



'^"V""*' 34-. Anna Pooma. It is to be observed, that almost all 

 the principal figures are accompanied in their respective 

 pannels by others explanatory of the character of that 

 part of the history of the idol in which it is represented. 



Dimensions of the Kylas. 



Outer area, broad, 





Ditto, deep ....... ............. 88 



Greatest height of the rock, through which the 



outer area is cut, ............... 47 



Gateway, height ............ :'.- 14f 



Ditto, breadth, without the modern building, . 14 4 

 Passage of the gateway, having on each side 



rooms, IS feet by 9, ............. 42 



Inner area or court, length from gateway to the 



opposite scarp, 



247 



Ditto, breadth, ISO 



Greatest height of the rock, out of which the 



court is excavated, 100 



Left side of the Court, lower story, vie. 



A small cave, in front two pillars, and a pilaster 

 at each end, with three female figures buried 

 up to the knees with rubbish, . . . length, 22 6 



Ditto breadth, 8 



Ditto, . height, 9 8 



Another excavation, in front five pillars, two pi- 

 lasters, length, 57 9 



Ditto, breadth, within the benches that are 



' round this cave, 6 



Ditto, height, at the end of this is a staircase to 



the upper story, 10 4 



Interval unexcavated 20 



Another excavation, having two large plain 

 square pillars, and two pilasters in front, with 

 a bench round the inside, the rock projecting 



beyond the pillar*, length, 54 6 



Ditto, breadth, 12 6 



Ditto, height, 16 



Doorway, leading to a gallery or veranda, 5 feet 

 1 1 inches high, by 2 feet 9 inches wide. Gal- 

 lery containing figures. Length from door- 

 way to the extreme depth of the whole exca- 

 vation, H7 8 



Ditto, breadth, 13 



tf. B. In this length are eleven pillars, each 



2 feet 84 inches square. 



Ditto, height within the pillars. The project- 

 ing rock is about three feet lower, extending 

 irregularly in the course of the length, from 

 7 to 13 feet beyond the pillars, 14 8 



End of the Area, opposite the Gateway, behind 

 the Temple. 



Whole breadth from side to side, measuring from 



the inner wall of the gallery on each side, . . 186 6 



Breadth of the gallery, including the pillars, 



there being 17 in this range, 13 4 



N. B. The rock projects beyond the pillars along this 



range, and the right hand one irregularly, from IS to 22 



feet, and is lower than the ceiling. 



Right hand of the Court, loner tlory, viz. 



Figure gallery, or veranda, of the same dimensions as 

 the preceding parts of the same gallery, for the space of 

 ten pillars, the angle one being included in the forego- 

 ing ; three of which are broken, it is said, to make trial 



of the power of the deity of the place ; and when it was 

 found, that the superincumbent rock did not sink, the 

 tempter, said to be Aurenzebe, forbore further trial. 



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Doorway 2 feet 4inches broad by 5 feet high, leads 

 to a veranda ; within this veranda is a room 

 of 60 feet by 22, and 1 1 feet 4 inches high. 



Right end unfinished, length, 60 



Ditto, breadth, 17 



Ditto, height, 13 



A small projecting room, 15 feet by 13, and 6 

 feet high, being choked with several finely 

 sculptured figures. An excavation raised 12 

 feet from the surface of the court, . length, 36 10 



Ditto, depth, 14 9 



Ditto, height, 12 



There is a multiplicity of figures in this apartment, 

 detached from the wall. Amongst the rest, a large ske- 

 leton figure, with a smaller one on each side. The prin- 

 cipal is sitting, with each foot on a prostrate naked fi- 

 gure. 



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An excavation, which has a small recess, oppo- 

 site the entrance, of 6 feet by 7, and 8 high, 



length, 24 



Ditto, breadth, 18 



Ditto height, 10 



An excavation terminating the lower story, on 



the side, length, 24 



Ditto, . depth, 10 



Ditto, height, 11 6 



except between the two pillars, where the roof 

 is arched, (the first instance I have seen of the 

 arch,) and is there 14 feet 8 inches high. 



Left hand tide, upper story, viz. 



A small unfinished excavation, the dimensions of 



which were not worthy taking. 

 Pur Lunka is a fine large excavation, ascended 

 . by a flight of 25 steps, and a doorway of 3 



feet 8 inches broad, by 7 feet 7 inches high ; 



length, exclusive of the recess, in which is the 



temple of Mahdew, 70 T 



Ditto, breadth, 61 



Ditto height, 14 6 



Recess, in which stands the temple of Mahdew, 



depth, 26 



Ditto, breadth, (the temple on the outside is 26 



by 20 feet,) 39 



N. B. The whole of this apartment is full of 

 figures, some very finely sculptured ; and the 

 centre floor is raised one foot, and the ceiling in 

 proportion. 



Right hand side, ftrst story. 



A large room, formerly connected with the grand 



temple by a bridge, now broken down, length, 60 



Ditto, depth, 18 



Ditto, height, 16 



Another room within the foregoing, entered by 

 a Hour from it, having a bench all round. 

 This inner room is very dark, having no light 



but from the doorway, length^ 36 



Ditto, depth, 29 



Ditto, height, 11 



Right hand side, second story. 



Entered by a staircaae from the right side of the fore- 

 going, of 24 steps. A large room, of the same dimen- 



Practicr. 



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