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either in copying or in printing. In the inscription on the pillar the 
village would seem to be called Kakubharati ; and from some com- 
pound of Kakubha, such as Kakubhdwan, the name of Kahdwan 
would be naturally derived. 
209. The remains at AKahaon consist of an inscribed stone pillar, 
an old well, two ruined temples, and several tanks. The whole of 
these, together with the village itself, are situated on a low but 
extensive mound of brick ruin. Although the mound is of rather 
irregular outline on the east side, it may be best described as a square 
of nearly 500 yards. The village occupies the south-western quarter 
of the square, and contains some fine old wells built of very large 
bricks, which are a sure sign of antiquity. The tanks, which would 
seem to have been connected with the old buildings, are all called 
gar, the meaning of which I was unable to ascertain, but which as 
applied to water must certainly be derived from the Sanskrit giz, to 
wet. These tanks are, 1st, the purena-gar, a dirty pond immediately 
to the north of the village ; 2nd, the Karnahi-gar, a small deep pond 
at the north-west angle of the ruins; 3rd, the Jhakrahi-gar, another 
small pond at the north-east angle, which is also called Sophd-gar ; 
and 4th, a large sheet of water to the east of the village called 
Askdmini, or Akdskdmini-gar, This is the tank which Buchanan 
ealls karnaht, a misprint probably for Admini. From the size and 
appearance of the Askdminz tank I conclude that from it must have 
been excavated all the bricks and earth for the construction of the 
temples and village of Kahaon. 
210. The Kahaon pillar is a single block of coarse grey sandstone, 
24 feet 3 inches in height from the ground to the metal spike on 
the top. The existence of this spike shows that the pillar has 
once been crowned by a pinnacle of some kind, perhaps by a statue 
of a lion, or of some other animal rampant ; but whatever the pinnacle 
may have been, its height could not have exceeded 23 or 3 feet. 
The total height of the column therefore must have been about 27 
feet. The lower part of the shaft, to a height of 44 feet, is a square 
of 1 foot 10 inches; above this, for a height of 6 feet 3 inches, it is 
octagonal; then sixteen-sided for a height of 5 feet 103 inches; and 
then circular for a height of 2 feet 1} inch. Above this, for a height 
of 9 inches, the pillar becomes square with a side of 18 inches, and 
then circular again for a height of 43 inches, making the total height 
