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given, " Sarain" and " Summunpoor ; on the portion called by the latter 

 name there is an extensive Muhammadan cemetery ; there are none but 

 paltry monuments with fragments of some ancient Budhist temple 

 built into them. 



In the hollow or recess on the east side are the remains of a once 

 splendid Budhist temple, of which many pillars are still standing, also 

 a gigantic idol of Budha, seated, with no other inscription than the usual 

 pious sentence of the Budhists. The dimensions of this figure, which 

 is beautifully executed, are as follow : — 



Ft. in. 



From seat to crown of the head 8 



Across the shoulders 4 



From knee to knee 6 



Round the wrist 5 6 



Do. the neck 3 8 



Do. head 5 8 



Across the forehead 1 4 



Length of thigh 3 6 



Do. of shin 3 6 



Do. of upper arm 2 6 



Do. lower Do , 2 



Round the arm 2 8 



Do. the wrist 1 6 



Depth of head. . .. 2-6 Length of hand 1-4 breadth of Do. 8-0 



Do. of face 1-6 Do. of foot 1-6 breadth of Do. 8£ 



These measurements will convey some idea of the proportions of 

 this fine piece of sculpture. 



The Sinhasun or throne, is very handsome ; there are the usual sup- 

 porters, the Sinhas or lions rampant, trampling on elephants couchant, 

 and ridden by amazons armed with shields and swords. The stone is the 

 grey chlorite or pot stone ; of such almost all the idols in this district 

 as well as of Orissa are made ; from the style of the carving, and the 

 alphabet of the inscription I can assign no very remote date to these 

 works ; not more than 8 or 900 years, if so much. 



Leaving this Budhist relic we find some 60 or 80 figures of brahmi- 

 nical idols rudely cut in the huge detached masses of rock at the foot 

 of the hill. Of these Durga slaying " Mah^sh-As^r,''' is the principal, 



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