1839.] Inscribed Slab found near Chhatar pur. 165 



noticed a vast quantity of beautiful sculptures of all kinds, to attempt 

 to describe which would exceed the limits of this work, even if I 

 possessed the means of doing so ; but as I do not, and have made no 

 sketches there, I mustier force be excused from inserting any. Having 

 visited several temples, in all seven, of which the names are as follow, I 

 went to take a look at the rest of the wonders of the place. One temple 

 was dedicated to Mahadeo; a second to Parwatti ; a third to Kun- 

 dari ; a fourth to Lalaji;(±) in which I found the large inscription ; a 

 fifth to Nandeo, or the Mahadeo bullock god; opposite to which and 

 facing it, in an outer building, contemporaneously erected, is a 

 splendid figure of the largest bail, (or ox) I have ever seen ; the 

 animal was sitting upright upon the ground, and in this state mea- 

 sures seven feet long, five feet high, and three and quarter feet 

 broad, and weighs by my old way of calculating 68J tons, or 

 1872^ maunds. I had not sufficient time to make a drawing of 

 him, being obliged to notice more interesting matters. The sixth 

 temple is consecrated (may I use this term ?) to Chatlerbhoj ; and the 

 seventh (what think ye of that reader) to our fourth friend of the Hog 

 species — to Barao,&) and in which there is, without exception, the 

 finest, (and last) but not largest, specimen of this animal I have 

 as yet seen ; and I don't think there are many others in India, except- 

 ing one of which I know the locality, but have not visited it. The 

 dimensions of this interesting object are as follow — His height is 

 five and three quarter feet, his length eight feet, breadth three and quar- 

 ter feet ; all these dimensions are approximations, made by means of 

 my walking stick, which measures rather more than a yard in length : 

 so that each of them may be perhaps increased by about one inch ; his 

 weight will be, according to our method, ninety tons, or about 2461 

 maunds. This is pretty well for the weight of the gentleman just 

 after breakfast. What the deuce would it be after luncheon ? I am 

 happy to say we have in this specimen unequivocal proof of the pre- 

 sence of a complete and well formed snake which is lying under him,C 3 ) 

 partly in an incurvated position, but evidently subdued ; the female 

 figure, that should be here has been taken away (confound the 

 rascally despoilers), and nothing remaining of her beautiful form (for 

 I am sure it must have been beautiful, judging from the rest) but two 

 feet, and her hand, which is posited upon the left throat or neck of the 



1. Divinities by the name ofKuNDARi and Lalaji are not found in the Sanscrit 

 theogonies, they may be familiar designations locally current. 



2. The Far aha Avatar of Vishnu is well known. 



3. The snake Anantaoi- Sesha, which upholds the earth. The child is the infant 

 Ha in described as reposing on this snake. 



