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rice and gram^ equal to about ten days confumption; 

 for which I paid Shalikram at the rate of twenty-five 

 Jeers the rupee, which was fixty per cent, dearer than 

 we had paid for grain at Shawpour. He received the 

 money in the moft fullen manner, apparently highly 

 difcontented at the difcovery we had made. 



Feb. i6th. It was neceflary to halt this day, iii; 

 order to divide and pack the grain, as well as to de- 

 vife the means of carrying it. While my people were 

 thus employed, I difcovered that fome Hindoo temples, 

 called Rowanviarra, of great antiquity, and formed 

 in the folid rock, were at no great di fiance.* But the 

 ■weather proving rainy, I was obliged to defer my vifit 

 to this place until the afternoon; when I fet out, and 

 proceeding about half a mile through a thick foreft, 

 arrived at the village of Marra, near to which is a 

 fmall rocky hill, covered with many little temples, 

 facred to Mahadeo. I continued to force my way 

 through the jungle, for about a mile and a half, to 

 a little recefs at the foot of the hills; where, after 

 clambering to a confiderable height, I difcovered a 

 Hindoo temple, formed in the fide of a rock, the bafe 

 of Avhich was 50 feet by 45, and 1^^ in height. The 

 ihafts of the pillars were very much diminiflied, and 

 appeared as if attempts had been made to deftroy them. 

 The only Mooruis (images) which I could difcover 

 were Rawun,+ with twenty arms, a fpear in one of 

 his left hands, furrounded by all his warriors and at- 

 tendants, whofe conteft with Rama is detailed in the 

 Mahabarat. Oppofite to him was the confort of Siva, 

 whofe leading name in this part of India is Bha^a'ni; 

 ^nd upon her right hand itood Ganeish, the Hindoo 



God 



* Thefe temples appeared to anfwer to the defcription of a place which 

 Mr. Duncan andLieutenantWilford had, previous to my leaving jSen^r^j, 

 mentioned to me as worthy of my attention, and which they dininguiQicd 

 by the name of Gupt Cdchi. I cannoi, however, pretend to determine 

 whether it was the fame place. 



t Hindoo Deify, 



