234 GANJAM. 



about four feet in diameter. The blocks 

 have been so adjusted as to give the 

 sides the slight curve observable in the 

 temples of Orissa, and borrowed, as I 

 think, from the outline of the pine- 

 apple. 



How were these huge blocks handled 

 and placed with nicety and precision in 

 their places, on a narrow space rough 

 with rocks ? The task would be diffi- 

 cult and tedious even on level ground, 

 and without the aid of mechanical appli- 

 ances a multitude of men would be re- 

 quired. For these there is not standing 

 room, and it is not strange that under 

 such puzzling conditions the natives 

 account for the building as the work 

 of superhuman agents. 



On the lower slopes of the ridge are 



