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



the opening is not flush with the rest, hut projects a couple of inches 

 or so beyond the general level of the face of the wall. I think there 

 had been originally a closed doorway outside on the south, like those 

 at Bhaniyar* and that the interior of the wall on that side was originally 

 built up and plain. 



General Cunningham's drawing of the ceiling of the temple is not quite 

 complete. From the accompanying very accurate sketch made by Mr. 

 K. T. Burney of the Civil Service, (Plate XVIII.), it will be seen that 

 the angles of the square in which the beaded circle is, ai'e occupied by 

 naked human figures, as well as the angles of the other squares. These 

 innermost figures have both arms outstretched, like those at Payachf 

 seeming to hold up the circle. They have drapery about their shoulders, 

 resembling light scarfs. The brackets supporting the cornice were 

 once ornamented, and show marks of great violence having been used 

 to destroy the carving. Each appears to have represented a human 

 head ; for on several of them there still remains on both sides what looks 

 like plaited hair. The pediment pilasters project 5 inches beyond 

 those supporting the trefoiled arches. The corner pilasters of the 

 building are 1 foot 10|- inches thick. I found what I took for mortar 

 in all parts of the building. 



Marttand.J 



The middle chamber of the centre edifice is 14 feet by 6^- feet ; 

 and tin.' innermost one, the naos of the Greeks, is 18 feet by 13 \ feet, 

 having the remains of a cornice, about 18 inches high, in the S. E. corner. 

 ] could find no trace of trefoil-headed panels or any other ornament on 

 the outer walls of the quadrangle. 



The large pillars at the extremities of the wall (in which the 

 gateway is) outside, have, I think, supported the pediments of cells 

 like those in the front wall at Bhaniyar.§ 



The leading feature of the entablature of the middle chamber is 

 the cinqfoiled headed arch, resting upon small half engaged hexagonal 

 pillars. See woodcut on next page. 



* See ante, p. 92. 



+ Cunningham, plate No. XII. 



J Ibid, page 258. 



§ Ibid, p. 270, para. 25, and Photograph, No. XXIII. 



