428 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CAVE 



one arm; among the singular decorations of the head, 

 a human skull is observed: above are several small 

 figures, represented in distress and pain. Many of 

 the figures mutilated, as is the principal, whose aspect 

 possesses a great degree of unrelenting fierceness. 



Crossing to the other side cf the cave, near one of 

 the small rooms, before-mentioned, a male sitting as 

 the people of this country do at present is observed ; 

 a female in the same posture on his lefty with an at- 

 tendant on either side : at the feet of the male is the 

 figure of a bull couchant ; and in eacfrcorner of the 

 niche stands a gigantic guard. Opposite is a corre- 

 spondent niche : the figures being a good deal mutilat- 

 ed, and the situation dark, prevent these being pro- 

 perly discriminated ; a sitting male figure, having an 

 attendant on either hand, is however perceived. 



A niche filled with figures, greatly defaced, is ob- 

 served on each side the entrance. On one side is a 

 male that had eight arms, which are ail destroyed ; in 

 the back part is the figure with four heads, supported 

 by birds,- and the other figure with four arms, whim- 

 sically elevated. A large sitting figure is the prin- 

 cipal in the opposite niche ; a horse and rider in the 

 back ground ; the former caparisoned according to 

 the present mode in this country. 



On the left side and half way up the cave, is an 

 apartment about thirty feet square, enclosing the 

 Lingam ; an entrance on the four sides, and each side 

 of either entrance is supported by a figure seventeen 

 feet in height, each figure being ornamented in a dif- 

 ferent style. 



The 



