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3. — I tried in vain to discover a name for it ; as the ignorant Maho- 

 medans only knew it as the But-khdna or Idol-house. No name is 

 assigned to it by Hugel ; and Vigne simply calls it But-dal, which he 

 translates " Lake of the Idol," but which really means the " Tank 

 Idol." From Vigne' s description it would appear to be similar in size 

 and style to the temple of Pandrethan ; and this likeness must have 

 struck Hugel, otherwise I know not on what grounds he considered it 

 to be of the same age as that temple. As these authors would seem to 

 agree regarding its striking likeness to the Pandrethan temple, we shall 

 not perhaps err very much by assigning the date of its erection to the 

 ninth or tenth century. 



XIII. — Ruins at Jampura. 



1 . — These remains are noticed both by Hugel and by Vigne. The for- 

 mer* says, " Three buildings at Jampura attracted my curiosity. The first 

 in the form of a sepulchral monument, was a circular edifice about 30 

 feet in height, on which stood a square chamber ; but to what time 

 or faith the monuments belonged I had no means of discovering.' ' 

 Vignef says, " Farther on, upon the banks of the river, and close together, 

 are the remains of three other buildings, the first of which appears 

 originally to have been a tomb, the second a temple, and the third 

 a fort." 



2. — As stated by these authors, there are three separate buildings at 

 Jampura, of which only one is described by Hugel, who appears to 

 have considered it of a sepulchral character. Vigne also calls it a 

 tomb. I examined it carefully, and I am of opinion, that it is a Maho- 

 medan tomb. The upper portion is a square structure of small stones, 

 with a circular arch-way in the middle of each side. The lower part, 

 which is built of large dressed stones, must have been the foundation 

 of some Hindu edifice : but I rather incline to believe, that the stones 

 were removed from the Hindu temple next described. 



3. — The middle building, which Vigne calls a temple ; is undoubted- 

 ly the remains of a stone edifice, similar to the temples in Kashmir. It 

 is built of large squared stones, many of which are very massive. Ou 



* English transl. p. 173. 

 f Kashmir, vol. 1 — p. 178. 



