1276' ACCOUNT O* 



cleaning off the dust, the first line appeared very 

 legibly. I have to regret, that the appjoaching heat 

 prevented my remaining, to copy this inscription in 

 facsimile. Some of the characters are, however, as 

 I believe, faithfully given in the annexed attempt*; 

 and I left a Brdlimen to transcribe the whole, but 

 his copy was not satisfactory. In the place marked 

 cc, some of the letters seem to resemble those of 

 the Ceylon inscription. The other piece contained 

 the head of a horse, and some defaced heads and 

 prominent ornaments f. 



Near the gate of the temple lay a slab, grey with 

 the crust of ages; but of the same white marble. 

 On it, five or six figures appeared, sitting in various 

 attitudes, on what at first sight seemed to be Lin- 

 gams: but upon close examination, their seats re- 

 sembled our chairs. 



The most curious and most complete piece of 

 sculpture, we found as we returned along the high 

 mud wall of the temple ; laid as a roof, over a small 

 temple of Lingam, of the same materials. It repre- 

 sented the attack and escalade of a fortified place. 

 The principal figure, on an elephant (with the usual 

 attendants, the driver and the fanner,) seemed issuing 

 orders : before him, a pedestrian figure, with a round 

 shield, seemed prostrating himself: a graceful figure 

 at full length, stood close to the gate of a tower, 

 fronting them. The tower, which was octangular, 

 was surmounted by a rounded roof on pillars, of the 

 shape of an Ambari ; under which an archer was re- 

 presented, in theact of drawing his bow, and shooting 

 at an assailant, who covers himself with his shield, 

 while mounting the rampart by a ladder: another 

 figure, from behind the rampart, appeared peeping 

 over, and covered by some defensive arms : several 

 horsenaen, and a man mounted on a bullock, seemed 



* Plate 4, b, cc, bbb. t Ibid, d. 



