1818.] Description of the Antiquities at K&linjar. 181 



(34) There is a glimmering light from the left which comes through 

 crevices between the horizontal strata of the rock, which are not trace- 

 able from the outside. Proceeding along the* rampart beyond Patal 

 Ganga, you see some rough steps on the left leading through and 

 outside the wall on to a ledge of rock in which is situated Pandu 

 Kund. The rampart here rests on a projecting rock, and the Kund, 

 which is under it, is approached by a dark passage between the virgin 

 rock and a wall built up to close in the passage, as seen in PI. IX. fig, 

 6*. There is no sculpture in this passage ; the only objects in it being 

 a small outline of a sarman scratched in the rock, and a similar one of 

 Bhagwan, near which is the inscription(35) shown below ; above this 

 there are traces of another inscription, and to the left the characters fig, 

 1, PI. X. The kund is a shallow circular basin about 12 feet in diameter ; 

 the water is constantly trickling into it from between flat strata of rock 

 and running over finds its way down the hill. There are six small Ling 

 five inches high sculptured in the rock close to it; over the Kund 

 is the inseription(36), and beyond it two others, one given ia 

 facsimile(ll) and the other below(37). On the rock at the end 

 of the space containing the kund are some curious characters(38). 

 About 40 yards beyond the entrance to Pandu Kund is a flight of 3 or 

 4 steps leading into a low vault under the rampart, probably formerly 

 used as a Magazine for powder, &c. 



The next feature is a large breach at the N. E. angle, which was 

 formed by our troops under Col. Martindell. In the broken walls 

 may be seen a number of fragments of pillars, cornices, &c. The 

 breach has been partially repaired, and the rampart wall is here 50 feet 

 high. There are several pieces of sculpture and architectural decora- 

 tions built up into the interior slope of the rampart here under some 

 trees. They have all the appearance of having formed portions of 



(34) The hill may be compared to a huge sponge, for you meet with kunds either 

 full or dry, and water is seen oozing and dropping from it in hundreds of places; how= 

 ever, the structure of the hill is loose strata, and of course the water from the numerous 

 tanks above percolates all over it and finds the nearest vents. 



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(38) We have given these in PI. X. with their Roman equivalents as pencilled on the 

 MS. by Capt. A. Cunningham. — Eds. 



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