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but from the unshattered state of the large block I am more 

 disposed to ascribe the fracture to the hammer of the Mnhammadans, 



212. Mound No. II, which is also inside the fort to the west of 

 the large mound, is 35 feet in height, and from 5 to 10 feet above 

 the general line of the ramparts. It shows the remains of a large 

 square building with a long flight of steps on the west side. No. 

 Ill mound is only 30 feet in height, and is covered with scrub 

 jungle. There are traces of walls on the surface, but the jungle 

 prevented their immediate excavation. I will take an early opportu- 

 nity of exploring both of these mounds, as I feel satisfied that 

 they are the remains of large Brahmanical temples. 



213. No. IV mound stands about 1,000 feet outside the west 

 gate of the fort. It is 300 feet square at base, and 30 feet in 

 height, and has two smaller mounds attached to the north-east 

 corner. On excavating the surface I discovered the foundations of 

 a temple, 11 feet square inside, with walls 3| feet thick, and a 

 long pedestal or raised platform for the reception of statues. The 

 entrance is on the east side towards the town. Amongst the ruins- 

 I found a seated terracotta figure of Siva, 12 inches in height, with 

 four arms and three eyes, and one hand holding a large lotus flower. 

 I found also in red stone a small right hand grasping the hilt of a 

 sword, and a left hand of three-quarter life size, grasping a large 

 conch. As the last must have belonged to a figure of Vishnu, it 

 is possible that the temple was dedicated to that god, but a 

 projecting portion of the pedestal leads me to believe that it must 

 have been occupied by a lingam, and if so, the principal figure 

 would have been that of Mahadeva. There was also a large 

 quantity of ashes inside this temple, from which I infer that it 

 was most probably destroyed by the Musalmans in one of their 

 early expeditions against the Katehria Rajputs. 



214. The Buddhist remains at Ahi-chhatra are both more exten- 

 sive and more ancient than those of the Brahmans. In my survey I 

 have marked them by the letters of the Alphabet to distinguish them 

 from the Brahmanical ruins, which are numbered. Only three of the 

 Buddhist mounds have been excavated, but as most of the others have 

 furnished materials for the neighbouring villages, it does not seem 

 likely that their excavation would be attended with any success. I 



