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Chaitya at the end. This is called by Buchanan, " Lomas Rishi;" he gives 

 a wood cut of this singular archway and frieze carved out of the solid 

 rock over and about the usual shaped door, but as I shall have to draw 

 attention to the peculier style of architecture it displays, I have annex- 

 ed a drawing of my own ;* there is no Pali inscription here, nor are there 

 any traces of there ever having been any. The inscription No. 15 PI. 

 XXXVI. of the VI. Vol. of the Journal, occupies the spandril under 

 the arch, also those marked 18 and 19, in the same plate, which are 

 immediately under the other and above the head of the doorway. This 

 external sculpture still retains the beautiful polish originally given to it. 

 Having described these caves I must conduct my readers to the sum- 

 mit of the "Kurun Chowpar" or " Sidh Eswar" Maha Deva, to this 

 there is an almost impracticable and dangerous path on the southern 

 face by which I ascended, having done so, I found the crest of the hill 

 strewed with potsherds and bricks, and a narrow passage with Lingas 

 and figures of " Ganesha," rudely carved out of the masses of rock, 

 the same as at the Kowa Dol ; steps are here and there cut in the 

 rock, and innumerable fragments of hewn stone lie scattered, over 

 which the traveller climbs till he reaches a level spot, 50 feet or more 

 below the highest point ; on these are fragments of idols and one entire 

 figure of Varaha ; there are two rows of sheds used by the confectioners, 

 when the fairs are held. Upon ascending the peak we arrive at a 

 modern building called Sidheswar, in which there are several large idols 

 of considerable antiquity, on one of them is an inscription, see fig. 13 

 plate IX. In a dark chamber is a huge linga with garlands made of 

 solah hanging over it ; some portions of the base of the temple remain ; 

 these, together with the fragments strewed about, and the great extent 

 of the terrace, show not only that one magnificent temple at least must 

 have crowned this height, but from their being fragments of various 

 styles, that there have been successive temples ; and I am further inclin- 

 ed to think, that there may have originally been a tope like those of 

 Bhilsa, Sarnath and Manikyala, though from discoveries made, there 

 would be no reason for the worship of Siva (as Sidheswar) not being- 

 observed in connection with that of Budha, in the same vicinity, for 

 not only is this anomaly apparent at the western caves, at Cuttack, 



* This drawing- is omitted as it will appear in connection with the subject of Budhist 

 architecture hereafter. 



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