MOUNTAINS TO THE EASTWARD OF ELLORA. 42 1 



to take its name from its dedication to Bhurt and 

 Chutturghun, two brothers of Ramchunder^, whofe 

 figures, by the Brahmen's account, are the chief ones in 

 this place. 



Dimenfions. 



Fctt. Inchis, 



Area, length, - - - 102 3 

 Ditto, depth, - - - 25 o 

 Lower ftory — veranda the fame length 

 as the area. Breadth, within the 

 pillars, - - - 3 5 

 Sixteen fteps to the upper ftory of ve- 

 randa, length, „ ^ - 102 10 

 Depth from veranda to the recefs, - 44 4 

 Breadth of recefs, - - - 33 o 

 Depth of ditto, - - - 10 6 

 Pleight of ceiling. - ^ - - 9 ^ 



3ISKURMA, or VjSWAKURMA KA JoOMPREE, 

 or BiSKURMA, 



The Carpenter's Hovel. Front, W. 5. S. (H. I.) 



According to the legend, Biskuuma* was the artift, 

 who fabricated the whole of thefe wonderful works in 

 a night of fix months ; but the cock crowing before they 

 were finiflied, they remained imperfeB, and he retired, 

 having wounded his finger, to this his hovel, in which 

 Itatethe figure in front (1) of the entrance of this beau- 

 tiful excavation is faid to be a reprefentation of him 

 holding the wounded finger; but I rather think, with 

 all due refpect to the legend, that the figure is in the 

 a8: of devout meditation, as many fingers, with fimilar 

 pofitions of the hands, occur. But quitting the fable 

 for the faft, this excavation is, in beauty, inferior to 

 none. In form it is unique, and in defign elegant. 

 The portico is light, and (Iriking to the beholder. On 

 the right hand, as you enter, is a fine ciflern of water. 



* Creator of the worlds but alJegOiicsHy, artificer of Ram. 



Abovp 



