224 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



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The two wells are situated side by side, and each of them 

 has a Brtistambha near by, bearing an inscription referring to the 

 digging of the well. The Brtistambha of the older well is in yellow 

 Jesalmeri stone, with ordinary carvings on the four faces. The 

 figures are: Ganesa facing the west, the Matajl facing the north, 

 the Sun facing the south, and a figure without characteristic 

 emblems facing the east. The inscription is under the figure of 

 Ganesa and consists of 18 lines, covering a space of 19* high 

 by 9|" broad. It is very badly preserved and in great part 

 completely illegible. From the portion of the inscription that 

 has been preserved, it appears that the well ill question was 

 dug during the reign of raja Raya Siftgha, and inaugurated the 

 eleventh day of the bright fortnight of Pha/guna. of the year Samvat 

 1650 (?). I give below the portion of the inscription, which 

 I have been able to read or reconstruct : — 



2. *Tf«(?) <r^ ^wte(?)^r«»[%(?)] wg- 



3. *f ^rosf^ fa[<jir$ wti\ 



4. cTSJT Sft*f[ij ]fcr m[ - 



5. *m^\ 



6. ?TT 



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11. *n*rg«fj(5W] [fer- ] 



13. *pr[5TTf%«rYj5t , ^ fr^-] ^ T ^ 13rr . 



14. fa(?)*i[«r i ] fl^w^wf [w] 



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17. f <ir]ffr«T *ift[a] (?) 



18. - - i ftK ^^ 2 , n ^ n 



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