Al6 DESCRIPTION^ OF THE CAVES, &C. ON THE 



suiemeiit of this fine temple "will be best under- 

 stood from the plan formed on tlie spot. 

 Height of the grand steeple or pyramid computed 

 about ninety feet from the floor of the court and 

 of the smaller ones about fifty. Height of the 

 obelisks about thirty-eight feet. Base eleven 

 feet s(|i!are, being eleven feet distant from each 

 side of the room in which is the bull Niindee. 

 The shaft above the pedestal, is seven feet square. 

 The tuo elephants on each side the court or entry 

 are lar2;er than life. 



DUS OUTAR. JJlied W. 



A veiy small distance from Keylas. The access 

 to it is by very rough steps in the rock, and the ori- 

 ginal entry being built up, you. enter over the wall 

 on the right hand into an excavated s(}uare area, on 

 the left hand side of which is a small excavation. The 

 middle of the area is occupied by what has been a 

 very handsome square apLirtment, the ascent to the 

 veranda of which, fronting the gateway, was by a 

 handsome flight of steps, forming a portico, the 

 roof of which veranda was supported by tuo pillars, 

 one of which ha vino; aiven wav, the roof has fallen. 

 The front of this square has a stone lattice in the 

 centre, and figures in the compartments on each side. 

 The top has been adorned with figures. The two 

 corner ones seem to have been lions, but time has 

 destroyed their form. On the right of this square 

 apartment is a dry water cistern, but on the left 

 there are cells Avith fine water and plenty, and I dare 

 say a little care would supply the other. The front 

 of the area is greatly filled up with earth from the 

 surrounding hill, and no preventative now appears 

 to its washing in with the rain. The entrance into 

 the square apartment is from the main struc- 

 ture if, as I have before oi)served, I may so 

 denominate Avhat has been fabricated downward s 

 Avhich consists of two stories, having, both above 

 and below, a front of six pillars and two pilas- 

 ters. It appears to have been filling up fast, to 



