198 Description of the Antiquities at Kdlinjar. [March, 



probably a lotus ; on the breast is a gem or perhaps a flower, called the 

 Duk Dukke(lOl); the hair of the head is short and curly (vide 

 PL XIII. fig. 23) outside are several other pieces of sculpture, including 

 figures of Devi, some seated figures of Parasnath, &c. ; a little beyond 

 this is a large tank, excavated in the rock, with steps leading to the 

 water ; under a pepul tree on the side you first reach, are several Ling 

 and Joni, a Ganesh and a slab, 18 inches square, covered with small 

 Panchanan Ling like a chess-board. There are also a large Panchanan, 

 or Panch-mukhti Ling figures of Mahadeo and Parbati and Nandi, 

 the latter at the right hand. Corner of tank, on the right bank, is a 

 large ribbed stone, which formerly crowned the apex of the Pagoda, 

 which will be shortly mentioned. On the east bank are two buildings 

 of a plain and modern appearance, one is empty, and the other contains 

 small insignificant figures of Narayan and Lakshmi, Ajipal, Ganesh and 

 Hanuman ; close to the building is a Vara sarup, (figure of Vishnu as 

 the hog), it is about 5 feet long, and of coarse workmanship, and is 

 standing on the dry bed of the tank. (102) 



The chief objects of interest at Ajighar are four ruined buildings 

 ascribed to Parmal, and called Chandeli Mandir ; three of them are 

 temples, two dedicated to Bhagwan or Vishnu, and the third to Mahadeo ; 

 the 4th building is of a confined cross shape, called Parmal ke baith 

 ke. These buildings are on the bank of a large tank called Parmal ke 

 talao. The three temples are in a very ruinous state, but enough 

 remains to show their design, and the gorgeous appearance they must 

 have had when perfect. The general plan of them is a circular or poly- 

 angular enclosure, exactly like the Ras mandal at Kalinjar, and called by 

 that name, but the pillars, though very rich, are less elegant, owing to 

 their squat proportions ; in each of the temples is a small and elabor- 

 ately carved doorway opening on a small recess or shrine, which 

 originally contained the effigy of the deity (answering to the cave of 

 Nilkanth) ; the conical roof or dome is over the shrine. The outside of 

 the temples are most elaborately carved in a succession of rich mould- 

 ings and scrolled pannels, with figures here and there, the whole having 



(101) Probably a gem, from which perhaps the name is derived, Paras or Parasnath, 

 lord of the gem. 



(102) It resembles the image of the hog at Kdlinjar, but is much defaced in conse- 

 quence of the softness of the material. 



