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bricj the pyramidal paiKs of which seem to me to be ex- 

 actly in the same style as that of the modern Hindu 

 temples. 



RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE AREA. 



This side of the rock has a continuance of exca- 

 vations, as marked in the plan, but all those below, 

 except the veranda, M'hich I shall quit for the pre- 

 sent, are of little note, and those above, of three 

 stories called Lunka (24), which appear much more 

 worthy of attention, are inaccessible, but by a ladder, 

 from the fall of the bridge ; I shall therefore proceed 

 to the 



LEFT HAND SIDE OFTHE AREA, 



In which there are excavations of some consideration 

 below, from A\'hich you ascend to an uj^per story 

 called Fur Lunka, by an indifferent stair-case, 

 into a tine temple (25), at the extremity of which is 

 a recess containing the Ling of Mahdew, and oppo- 

 site thereto, near the entrance from the stair-case, 

 is th:: bull Nundee, with two large line figures resting 

 on maces on each side of the recess in which he 

 sits. The ceiling of this temple is, I thinlc, lower 

 than any of the foregoing. The whole of this tem- 

 ple js in fine preservation, strongly supported by- 

 very massy pillars, and richly ornamented with my- 

 thological figures, the sculpture of some of which is 

 very fine. Ihe ceiling, like the others, has the re- 

 mauis of painting visible, through the dusky ap- 

 pearance of smoke, with which it is obscured. De? 

 scending from Pur Lunka, you pass through a con- 

 siderable imsculptured excavaton (26) to a verunda 

 (27), which seems allotted to the personages of the 

 Hindu mythology, (d kind of pantheon; in open com- 

 partments : these figures commence on the left hand 

 with — ^Ist, the Ling of Mahdew, surrounded by 

 nine heads, and supported by Kouon. 2d, 

 GouRA Parwuttee, and beneath Rouon writing. 

 3d, Mahdew, Parwuttee, and beneath Nundee. 

 4th, ditto ditto. 5th, Vishnu. 6th, Goura. 

 Parwuttee. 7th, a Bukta, (votary) of Vishnu with 

 3 his 



