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small plain tablet, which can only have been intended for a very short 
inscription, such perhaps as the name of the building. A triple band 
of ornament, nearly 9 feet in depth below the niches, encircles all the 
rest of the building, both faces and recesses. The middle band, 
which is the broadest, is formed entirely of various geometrical figures, 
the main lines being deeply cut, and the intervening spaces being 
filled with various ornaments, On some of the faces where the spaces 
between the deeply cut lines of the ruling figures are left plain, I 
infer that the work is unfinished. The upper band cf ornamentation, 
which is the narrowest, is generally a scroll of the lotus plant with 
leaves and buds only, while the lower band, which is also a lotus scroll, 
contains the full blown flowers as well as the buds. 'The lotus flower 
is represented full to the front on all the sides except the south south- 
west, where it is shown in a side view with the Chakwa or Brahmani 
goose seated upon it. This indeed is the only side on which any 
animal representations are given, which is the more remarkable as it is 
‘one of the recesses and not one of the projecting faces. In the middle 
of the ornament there is a human figure seated on a lotus flower, 
and holding two branches of the lotus in his hands. On each side of 
him there are three lotus flowers, of which the four nearer ones sup- 
port pairs of Brahmani geese, while the two farther ones carry only 
single birds. Over the nearest pair of geese, on the right hand of 
the figure, there is a frog. The attitudes of the birds are all good, 
and even that of the human figure is easy although formal. The 
lotus scroll with its flowing lines of graceful stalk, mingled with 
tender buds and full blown flowers, and delicate leaves is very rich 
and very beautiful. Below the ornamental borders there are three 
plain projecting bands. 
236. I employed two expert masons for twelve months in making 
full-size drawings of the whole of these bands of ornament. Two 
plates of the east south-east and south south-west sides were after- 
wards engraved in Calcutta under my own guidance, for publication 
by James Prinsep in the Asiatic Researches ; but his lamented illness 
put a sudden stop to the work, as his successor, Mr. Curnin, would not 
allow the mint engraver to continue it. 
237. Near the top of the north-west face there are four projecting 
stones placed like steps, that is, they are not immediately over each 
other, and above them there is a fifth stone which is pierced with a 
