756 Notice on the Antiquities of B hop til, [Aug. 



sculptured above, before, aud belaud Vishuu, numerous small figures 

 in successive rows and as if forming processions. Nearly all of these 

 have the short tunic and cap noticed among a few of the figures of the 

 Tope gateways. Some of the people represented are playing on musi- 

 cal instruments, and hence the country people call the monuments by 

 the name of " Mama Banjeeka Burdt" or " the uncle and nieces mar- 

 riage procession." 



The figure of Vishnu reclining on the serpent is about six feet long 

 and is likewise in bold relief. The head of the reptile with its many- 

 eyed hood, curves over the head of the God as if to protect or shadow 

 it. The several Hindoo Divinities are represented by their symbols, of 

 a bird, &c. as spectators of Vishnu's greatness. 



The inscription sent is apparently incomplete ; it is to be seen upon 

 the rock near the Boar-god. 



These sculptures seem typical of the triumph of Vishnn over the 

 Serpent, of Brahminism over Buddhism, and it is to be regretted the 

 date cannot be ascertained, for the 1,093 Vicramaditya already quoted 

 may have been inscribed by some pilgrim. 



Of the Jain hill three miles N. W. of Oodehghir, and of the un- 

 finished figure of a horse south-east from the Satcheh Tope, which 

 are mentioned by Dr. Yeld or Captain Fell, [Journal As. Soc. III. 

 489] I did not learn, but as I knew not that such had been noticed, I 

 could only inquire generally for monuments and remains.- 



Ghearispoor or Gheiaspoor. — Ghearispoor, or Gheiaspoor, is on the 

 road between Bhilsa and Saugor, two marches east of the former place. 

 The Hindoos connect the name with the importance they attach to the 

 1 lth day of their half months, and the Mahometans regard one Gheias 

 as its founder. It is certainly a place of some antiquity, and among its 

 remains the Buddhist temple deserves notice. The site of the temple is 

 nearly at the top of a sandstone hill, and it is built on a platform 

 gained from the hill by making the step side a complete precipice. A 

 small square " adytum" with pillars before it supporting a dome, is in- 

 closed in a rectangular building about 50 feet long by 30 feet wide, 

 which has one entrance with a portico in front of, or outside, the four 

 pillared dome. The external walls are not finished, for the live rock 

 prevents the completion of half a side and a portion of the back or end. 

 The " adytum" is surmounted by a pyramid or spire, resting partly on 



