CHAPTER XIII. 



MAHENDRA. 



MAHENDRA GIRT, which means " Great 

 India's Mountain," is entitled to special 

 description, for on its summit, far from 

 human abodes, and in positions difficult 

 of access, are temples and carvings, the 

 work of unknown hands at some un- 

 known period. The Ooriyahs of the 

 three ancient zemindaries which lie 

 round the base of the mountain admit 

 their ignorance on the subject ; and 

 though on one festal day in the year 



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