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is famous for a very large ancient tempie built of bricks. It re- 
sembles in construction the ancient temple at Umga, and by tradi- 
tion its construction is ascribed to Bhairavendra of Umga. This 
would prove that the kingdom of Bhairavendra was also ex- 
tensive. 
) That one of them maintains the fact of consecration of a 
temple to Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadrd, and therefore 
serves as a conclusive evidence of the fact that the worship of these 
gods prevailed in Gaya, at least so far back as the 14th Century 
A.D. 
_ (4) That the other inscription mentions the fact of construc- 
tion of a temple to Uma, Mahesa and Ganesa. The images lying 
near the ruins of the temple are one of Ganesa and the other of 
Gauri-Sankar, viz., of Gauri, sitting on the left thigh of Sankara 
(Shiva). This image is of a comparatively modern form, though 
of avery ancient type. I mean its design is like that of the 
images of Gauri-sankara, made of black stone, lying mutilated 
temples or private buildings, while others are lying here and there 
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under trees or in ruined temples like the Caityas, the relics of 
some light on the religious history of India. It would appear 
that the worship of the image of Gauri-Sankara was ‘eee 
vogue for several hundred years before the 15th century A.D. 
a (5) That these are perhaps the only inscriptions in the 
istrict, with the exception of the cave inscriptions of the Baraber 
gd Pac et A al, eee ee 
