1847.] Notes on (he Caves of Burabur. 411 



There is but one chamber, this has been divided by a thin brick 

 wall by some Mahomedan fakir, perhaps several centuries back, the 

 doorway or aperture to which is so small as to have prevented my 

 entering it, but I felt the end with a 10 foot rod. From the fragments 

 found scattered, I conclude that there must have been a very handsome 

 temple here of very early date. 



Retracing our steps and turning to the south, we descend through a 

 passage between a row of huge blocks of sienite, which had formed 

 part of the southern barrier to the great enclosure, we then come on to 

 the plain, then turning to the left (or east) and continuing to a tope of 

 Tar- trees under the Nag-arjuni's frightful crags, we reach a flight of 

 steps, about the centre of the hill ; after an ascent of about 60 feet a 

 narrow terrace is found continued along the side of the rock, in the 

 centre of which an Egyptian doorway leads you into a splendid oval- 

 shaped and vaulted room, polished in the usual manner ; over the door- 

 way is a square polished surface containing the inscription No. 1, pi. IX, 

 is 3 of Prinsep's plate, and on the left hand side of the passage or thick- 

 ness of the rock, is that given in his plate XXXIV. and translated at 

 page 673 ; en the opposite side are some more recent scrawls. 



This cave is inhabited and has been so for many years, by Mahome- 

 dan saints ; there is a small mosque before the door, more than a 

 century old ; the cave is called Nag-arjuni, whether from the Budhist 

 saint of that name having lived there, or from mere fancy it is not possi- 

 ble to decide, though as the name Sidheswar has been preserved, and if 

 my version of" Satgurba," be correct, I see no reason to doubt the in- 

 scription, moreover I am inclined to think that it is the very perapu- 

 tetic chamber named in the Pali annals in which Annund Muni per- 

 formed his austerities. 



Having described the caves I must conclude with Dhuravat. 



I have already said that it is the north-westernmost end of the 

 cluster of hills. I visited this place by moonlight, therefore had not so 

 good an opportunity of examining the locality, however, I saw suffi- 

 cient to enable me to decide that there is the site of a Budhist temple. 

 On the lowest hillock, at the head of which is a fine tank called Chun- 

 doke, many idols and miniature Chaityas, such as are found all over 

 the district, are placed in and about a modern temple to n Nirsinha" 

 on the east bank of the tank : there is one very remarkable figure of a 



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