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wliich seems intended for tlie Nobut KJianiwh, On 

 the outside of the upper stoiy of the gateway are pil- 

 jars, that have much the aj)pcarance of ii Grecian 

 order. The passage through the gateway below is 

 richly adorned M'ith sculpture, in which appear Bou- 

 ANXEE UsHTBOozA on the right, and Gunxes on 

 the left. From the gateway you enter a vast area 

 cut down through the solid rock of the mountain to 

 make room for an immense temple, of the complex 

 pyramidal form, whose wonderful structure, variety, 

 profusion, and minuteness of ornament, beggar all de- 

 scription. This temple, which is excavated from the 

 upper region of the rock, and appears like a grand 

 building, is connected with the gateway by abridge left 

 out of therock, as the mass ofthe mountain was excava- 

 ted. Beneath this bridge, at the end opposite the en- 

 trance, there is a figure of Bo u ax nee sitting on a 

 lotus, with two elephants with their trunks joined, as 

 though fighting, over her head. On each side of 

 the passage under the bridge is an elephant, marked 

 {a) in the plan Plate G, one of which has lost its 

 head, the other its trunk, and both are much shor- 

 tened of their height by earth. There are likewise 

 ranges of apartments on each side behind the ele- 

 phants, of Mhich those on the left are much the 

 finest, being handsomely decorated \v\t\\ figures. 

 Advanced in the area, beyond the elephants, are two 

 obelisks (/;), of a square form, handsomely graduated 

 to the commencement of the capitals, which seem 

 to have been crowned with ornaments, but they are 

 not extant, though from the remains ofthe left hand 

 one, I judge them to have been a single lion on each. 

 To preserve son\e order, and thereljy render easier 

 the description of this great and complex ivork, I 

 shalb after mentioning that on each side of the gate- 

 way within there is an abundance of sculpture, all 

 damaged by time, proceed to mention the parts of 

 the centre structure; and then, returning to the 

 right side, enumerate its parts; when taking the left 

 hand, I shall terminaic. the whole in a description of 



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