174 Description of the Antiquities at Kdlinjar. [March, 



the Higera. The numbers being shown under the letters *j&***» ac- 

 cording to their numerical value. There are strong wooden doors to this 

 gateway. The ascent between the 1st and 2d gateways (called the 

 Kafir Ghati) is chiefly by steps (7) and very steep. 



The second gateway is called by the brahmans " Ganesh Darwaza ;" 

 it has no doors standing, but the sockets for the hinges and cross-bars 

 in this and other gateways prove that originally there were doors to 

 all. (8) There are no inscriptions on this gateway, immediately beyond 

 which is the 3d, or " Chandi Darwaza," at the angle of the hill. This 

 in fact is a double gate, but the whole forms one building and goes by 

 one name. This gate is also defended by the loopholed wall and 

 bastion. 



There are several inscriptions on the sides of this gateway, one given 

 in facsimile* (No. 6) and the others below. (9) The inscription in 

 facsimile is on a block of stone, which evidently has once formed part 

 of some decorated building, for it is carved with foliage, &c, and 

 quite out of keeping with the plain style of the gateway. Beyond this 

 gateway is a modern looking building, seemingly a mere shelter for the 

 defenders ; from this point the covered way is nearly level as far as the 

 next gateway, before reaching which you observe a mass of rock on the 

 right, which has apparently fallen from above ; on this there is what 

 appears to be a rough Ling and also a Sanscrit inscription of 5 lines, 

 containing the name of several pandits. The cavalier or barbette 

 which commands the approach to the 4th gate, conceals a gateway which 

 opens on a rough flight of steps leading by a short cut to the foot of 

 the hill. (10) The 4th or Budh Budr gate, is of very solid construc- 



(7) The entire ascent was evidently originally formed into steps, the traces of which 

 are evident throughout, and in most parts they are still very perfect. 



(8) On the right of this gate as you approach it there is a small coarse sculpture in 

 relief, representing a seated Ganesh, about 18 inches high, from which probably the gate 

 is named. 



(9) Inscriptions at the 3rd or Chandi gate :— 



( 10) This gateway is reached by a path which winds round the barbette ; it has no doors, 



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* See Appendix.— Eds. 



