1847-] Notice on the Antiquities of Bhopal. 761 



ness of time would allow.* The Boar itself is ill-shaped, but the human 

 figures show more skill in design. 



To one side of this " Owtar" stands a four-armed Divinity, 12 or 14 

 feet high. His habiliments are Indian, that is, his loins are girt. He 

 has a high cap or head-dress, while round his neck and reaching to his 

 feet there is a thick ornamental cord resembling a modern " Boa," with 

 its ends joined. The vestibule of a small cupola which once probably 

 covered this statue is still standing. On these entrance columns are 

 seen figures who wear the Juneeao or thread of the noble Indian races, 

 in addition to the ornamental cord above described. Other devices 

 consist of twisted snakes, suspended bells — of figures of elephants, 

 fishes, frogs — of women naked, recumbent, and giving suck to children, 

 and of seated Buddhas. There are also many faces of Satyrs, filling 

 bosses or compartments. 



Behind a small pillared temple there still stands a figure with the 

 face perhaps of a lion — but with a human body and with human limbs. 

 The above three figures form one row or series, with however, other 

 undescribed remains between them or beyond them. In front of them 

 there are three figures of couching lions, and in front of these again, 

 are two columns or rather one pillar and a fragment, and a small 

 temple half buried in the soil. The column has a broad base ; for 

 about 15 feet the shaft is square, and for about 10 feet more it is 

 round. The bell capital, described at Satcheh, occupies perhaps two 

 feet, a second capital, so to speak, adds three feet more to the height, 



and forms a pedestal for a small double fronted four armed statue. On 



this column there is likewise an inscription which has been copied as 



well as time and decay would allow. 



Among the many figures carved on fallen pillars, the use of the 



Juneeao may be observed, and the whole of the remains are attributed 



to one Raja Behrat. 



At Putaree, in the same quarter of the country, I heard of a stone 



representation of an animal of some kind, or of a stone which was in 



someway remarkable, but I had not an opportunity of visiting it. 

 The monuments at Ehrin are perhaps antecedent to those at Oodeh- 



* This inscription has been published with a translation, in Vol. VII. p. 632 of the 

 Journal.— Eds. 



