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water of oblations to run off by a projecting spout, but whether this 

 pedestal sustained a representation of Mahadeo, or another God, is not 

 apparent. The figures of the ornaments and the general style seem 

 Buddhistic. 



Outside of the Gurrulmurli temple. — In a niche in the rear, external- 

 ly, of the temple and in niches on either side, are to be seen seated 

 figures of Ganesh. Among the sculptures of the front may be noticed 

 representations of Ganesh, and of the Fish and Boar Avatars of Vishnu, 

 but there is also a figure of a seated Buddha, and another, of apparently 

 the same manifestation, seated. There may be noticed combats be- 

 tween elephants, and also combats between men on foot and elephants, 

 the former aided by horsemen. There is also a four-armed female 

 figure mounted on a lion. On either side of the doorway there are 

 groups of three female figures, succeeded by a four-armed God, which is 

 sculpturally a modified Buddha. The limbs of this Deity are marked 

 with the Sunk or Chukker. 



Interio?' of the Gurrulmurh temple. — The interior walls of the tem- 

 ple are plain, and the pyramidal roof with, its flat, ceiling is in fact 

 supported by four unadorned pillars. Opposite the doorway there 

 appear to have been, first, an image of three feet basis, resembling that 

 of Buddha in style, but which is now in fragments, and may have re- 

 presented Gunesh, and secondly, a group about 6|- feet by 4}, and 2\ 

 feet over all, which is tolerably perfect. The group is in every way 

 one of an unusual kind in India. It consists of a female figure about 

 the size of life, recumbent on a couch with the left hand partly support- 

 ing her head and with a child lying by her side. The figure is artisti- 

 cally of fair workmanship and proportions, and is enveloped in a close 

 fitting drapery which scarcely conceals the shape. Behind the couch 

 there are five smaller female figures, standing, and apparently repre- 

 senting menial attendants. Two or more of these hold Chowrees, and 

 one holds what seems to be a purse of money or a bag containing 

 articles of utility. The couch is covered with a flowered cloth ; it has 

 cushions to help to raise the figure and it is supported by four carved 

 legs, by two couchant lions and by a seated human image. Tradition 

 declares the figure to be that of the Garerun who built the temple, and 

 adds that the shepherd missing his wife one day was told that her 

 heart's desire had been accomplished, a copious spring had overflowed 

 and formed a lake close to her temple, and that she berself having done 



