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to support the attack. The town and rampart seem 

 to be of stone, from the lines drawn obliquely to 

 represent the perspective, whicli, however awkwardly 

 done, was the first attempt of the kind I had observed 

 in Indian sculpture. To whatever age this is to be 

 attributed, we here find an escalade, defence by 

 flanking towers, and their use, and the mode of 

 attack and defence, illustrated by a Hindu sculpture. 



When mention of these sculptures was first made 

 to me at Ongole, it was hinted, that they contained 

 marks of the worship of the Jains*; but nothing of 

 the kind appeared here. Without my mentioning 

 the subject, I found that the same idea prevailed at 

 this place, though my Brahmen could give me no 

 good reason for it; and the account which he 

 received of the Jains, was very obscure : it was said 

 that they were formerly a powerful people, who con- 

 tested the sway with the Brdhniens, 



On the lower part of the same slab, and divided 

 by a border containing figures of animals, were 

 sculptured four figures of men sitting on chairs, and 

 reclining, in attitudes different from each other, but 

 all significant of a graceful negligence, indicating 

 careless ease. One of them had his hand disposed 

 on his breast, or in the chain which hung from it; 

 another seemed to incline to one side, leaning against 

 his chair, with one leg and thigh thrown over the 

 other ; and wanted nothing but a hooka to be placed 

 in his hand, to give a complete idea of that languid 

 attitude, in which we sometimes see an Indian throw 

 himself, when satiated with these fragrant steams 

 that overpower and gratify the sense. The chairs 

 were circular, of a cylindrical form, and the back 

 forming half a circle. A number of small lines 

 divided them longitudinally, and seemed to represent 

 cane work. The thrones or seats represented in 



* A figure cross legged has been since discovered on some of the 

 sculptures found there, C. M. 



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