410 Notes on the Caves of Burabur. [May, 



Maha Bulli Poorum, Girrinar, &c. but in this district also, where it 

 must have been up to the latest date : Even now, I consider it more than 

 probable that the mut or monastery of Bodh Gyah was originally a joint 

 Budha and Saiva establishment ; it is now the latter only ; but this is a 

 digression, the subject is one affording an ample text for a separate paper. 



That this temple of Sidheswar is of remote date we can infer from 

 the early character of the sentence No. 6, Plate XXXV. Vol. VI. of the 

 Journal, and of mine, of which a translation is given at page 6/9 of 

 the same volume, " the irresistible and auspicious Joganund salutes Si^ 

 dheswar ;" here then we see, how necessary it is in carrying out such 

 studies, that the traveller should accurately copy even the most trivial 

 sentence or word ; the more I see the more I learn the value of this, 

 therefore I would impress it on my fellow-labourers, and at the same 

 time never to trust to native copyists. 



On leaving Sidheswar peak, I descended on the north side, the faqe 

 of which, though as steep if not more so than on the south, has a much 

 more gentle and practicable path laid out diagonally towards the east, 

 and in some places steps have been cut in the rock ; this passage leads 

 on to the lower land already described as the site of a city. After pro- 

 ceeding for half a mile towards the river, between detached rocks, and 

 leaving that which I have described as a tower or bastion to the left, 

 and the Nag-arjuni peak to the right, and climbing over some masses 

 of rock in front, the traveller meets with a large, terrace of brick-work 

 and stone, grown over with bushes with some ruined tombs ; beside this 

 is a large brick well ; turning to the left or north at a few yards distance 

 a small cave is seen, fig. 1, plate VIII. This is the one which from the 

 Pali inscription Prinsep has termed the Milkmaid's Cave. The saluta- 

 tion to Sidheswar, written, or rather rudely cut in the doorway of this 

 cave, No. 1 of my plate, also No. 2 of the same. This room and its 

 porch are as beautifully polished as the rest, the dimensions will be 

 seen by the plate VIII. fig. 1. 



Upon climbing the terrace named, (which has been that of a large 

 temple,) and looking down where there is a gap in the rock, another 

 doorway is seen, over which is a square polished surface containing the 

 Pali inscription, fig. 3, plate IX. Upon entering this, the long inscrip- 

 tion, fig. 9, plate X. is found cut on the right hand side of the entrance.* 



* Note. For easier reference the spots where the inscriptions occur are marked a and 

 b, on the plans. 



