814 March between Mhow and Saugor, 1838. [Oct, 



no one had ever heard of such a thing. Bhoj poor, four miles further 

 on, was, according to Tod, an ancient Policity ; the present name must 

 therefore be modern, and is probably derived, — not from the more an- 

 cient Bhoj, of whom the old song tells 



" Rajah Bhoj ho bari 

 Vedya Jan to sari" — 



but from his scarcely less celebrated namesake — the historical puz- 

 zle — the father of Udayaditya.* In support of this supposition, we 

 have the following traditionary fragment — here in every one's mouth — 

 which at least proves, that the only building of consequence at Bhoj- f 

 poor, was erected at about the period of this later Bhoj, and not im- 

 probably to his honor, by his son Udayaditya. It sounds like broken 

 verse, but we could never get the couplet completed. 



Muchalpoov ka baolee our Bhojpore ka kumbh, 

 Udayapoor ka dehura (were built by one man,) 



Now for the architect of the temple of Udayapur, we have, as will 

 be presently seen, the certain date of a. d. 1049, and there is in the 

 buildings themselves (in the two at least which I have seen) a certain 

 conformity in boldness and grandeur of design, justifying the tradition, 

 which attributes them to one master mind. 



The temple of Bhoj poor would be admired in any country. In the 

 centre of a lofty chamber, about thirty-five or forty feet square, t 

 whose light and elegant dome is supported on the four far famed 

 kumbhas, and on a handsome pedestal, stands Deus Loci, a Ling. 



It is the peculiar excellence of this building that though the whole 

 is of massive form and material, the parts have been so nicely propor- 

 tioned and blended together, that it presents an admirable appearance 

 of combined solidity and airiness. Thus for instance, the platform 

 of the Ling is 21^ feet square, and about ten feet high — a bulk, which 

 if solid, would be out of all proportion to the size of the temple; but 

 the architect has escaped this reproach, by simply giving it a light and 

 elegant shape. The sketch, though from memory, will serve to explain 

 the plan of it: the lower table is formed of four stones, so neatly fitted 

 together without cement, that it is a point of faith in the neighbour- 



* We postpone our remarks on this riddle, till we shall reach Udayapur, where 

 there is a long inscription bearing upon the question — but not deciding it. Since 

 writing this, the inscription has been noticed, J. A. S. 7 : 1056. I cannot at this place 

 refer to the original to redeem my pledge. 



f Some of my pencil notes of this place are effaced, the doubtful measurements are 

 therefore put in italics, the others in figures. 



