112 Notes on some of the Temples of Kashmir. [No. 2, 



heads, flanked by half engaged fluted columns. The Avail on each 

 side of the antechamber has three of these niches in each row, i. e. 

 12 niches in all. 



There are many small pillars lying about, almost uninjured, and 

 more fragments of similar pillars. The columns measure 8 feet Cl- 

 inches, including base and capital, the latter being like that of the 

 small pillars of the Marttand* peristyle, but with beading between 

 the egg-shaped ornaments. The capital of these pillars is 14| inches 

 in height. They have 6 flutes, and their diameter is 16J inches. 

 The exterior face of the walls of the antechamber have only one of the 

 niches in each row. 



The doorway is to the S S. E., but I did not feel sure that there 

 had not been doors on the other sides also. 



On the S. S. E. side of the island there is a flight of steps with 

 flanking walls ; and close by, in the water, a large 

 lingam. There are heaps of hewn stone on all sides 

 2,.\ i n " of the island at the water's edge, including frag- 

 ments of square headed doorways, pyramidal pedi- 

 ic Hit ments, &c, and I think the island must all have 



been surrounded by a quadrangular wall, with a 



peristyle and recesses on the interior, as at Mart- 

 ieim tand. 



Near the steps are the remains of a cistern like 



the smaller onef at Bhaniyar. The building stands 

 on a basement, of which a woodcut is given in the 

 margin. 



Narayan Thai,. 



This temple stands in a small tankj on the right hand side of the 

 road, going from Baramula to Mozufferabad, and about 2 J miles to 

 the S. W- of the former place. It is situated in a hollow at the foot of 

 the hills, and is buried in trees ; and it may, therefore, easily escape 

 the notice of travellers Avho are not looking out for it. The temple 

 is a square of 13J feet, with plain walls. There is only one doorway 

 3_5_ { ee t high, and 3 feet wide, on the east side, its top being formed 



* See Cunningham, plate No. XV, and plate No. VII, fig. 6. 

 f See ante, ]>. 97. % Sec photograph, No. XVli. 



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