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mising locality for excavation, and the rnins of Razddr or Razdoing, 

 the only group of temples not noticed by Cunningham (to whom, 

 however, I long ago communicated their measurements and descrip- 

 tion,) deserve a far more searching investigation than the very cursory 

 one I was able to carry out during the short visit I paid them in Sep- 

 tember 1852. 



I now proceed to give outlines of the remaining pilgrimages of 

 which I possess notes. 



No. 3. 



The pilgrimage of Martnnd I find as No. 3 of those in my journal. 

 Martund properly so-called, and not " Muttun" or " Matan" as fre- 

 quently written, leads the pilgrim from Srinuggur up the river and 

 over much the same ground as that to Amernauth, although the places 

 of snan are different. These are as follows : — 



(1.) Deokie Yar, — Sacred to Deokie, wife of Rajah Hurrichund. 



(2.) Doomia Shriim, — The abode of a devotee named Doomia. 



(3.) Anant Nag, which is one of the pools or tanks at Islamabad, 

 Anant being a name of Vishnoo. These tanks, filled as they are with 

 fish of the carp tribe (ciprinidce) , have frequently been described by 

 travellers, and need no mention. 



(4.) Gutim Nag, — pool of G-otima, a devotee. I believe this is 

 also one of the tanks or springs at Islamabad, and the description of 

 No. 3 may perhaps apply to this. 



(5.) Charkaoul, so-called from " chark,'' the fissure or spring head 

 of the stream fabled to have issued from the cleft in the sun as de- 

 scribed in the following : 



(6.) Martnnd — {Mart, the fissure — Und open). Mahadeo is fabled 

 to have possessed three eyes, — the " Sun," the " Moon," and the 

 " Subterranean Fire." He threw down the eye forming the Sun on 

 Martund, which being broken, from it flowed the pool and stream of 

 Martund. 



This well-known spot has been too often described to require fur- 

 ther notice here. 



(7.) The pilgrim returns by Anant Nag, the No. 3 of this pilgrim- 

 age, where he bathes, and the pilgrimage is complete. 



No. 4. 



I now proceed to detail the pilgrimage of Vetusta Khoond (Virnag) 

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