1849.] discovered on a Spur of the Satpoorah Range. 925 



clothed or Swetambaree, but there is no trace of an ornament, belt or 

 clothing upon either the body or limbs, or between the latter, except 

 the breast, which has a quadrated lozenge marked on it. The ear-rings 

 reach to the neck, which is cut in wrinkles ; the face is pretty perfect, 

 with the exception of the nose, which appears to have been jointed on. 



If we accept and regard the Bhudhistical estimation of beauty, we 

 shall see little to quarrel with in this or other kindred figures, for hair, 

 expanse of forehead and face, roundness of head, elevation of the nose 

 and arched eyebrows, are, Mr. Hodgson tells us, among their thirty-two 

 discriminating points. The figure is naturally coarse to investigate 

 closely, but the toute ensemble is imposing. There was no trace of 

 inscription any where. 



In a small recess facing the great image, and a few paces from it, there 

 is an upright figure of solid stone surmounted by a circular canopy 

 which projects over it. It has three retiring borders, decreasing in cir- 

 cumference, and leading to a kind of dais, on the upper or flat surface of 

 which a smaller figure is seated cross-legged. The arms are not on the 

 feet, but hold a sort of pillow, which rests on the knee, or in the lap of 

 the figure, and sometimes behind it. I scarcely knew whether to call 

 this the sabeit or lacquered basket, one of the requirements of the 

 Jainas, and which is round, or in reality a pillow, but the position of it 

 behind the image sometimes is decisive of its being the ghadee. On 

 either side of this small figure are elephants, each holding in their 

 trunks an inverted Lotah, their feet resting on the lower margin of the 

 canopy. Viewed in front the canopy has a festooned support. It is 

 quite plain on the under surface, and without a fringe, and about a foot 

 above the hair of the chief figure, which is like all Jain and Bhudhis- 

 tical statues, short, curly and raised slightly, similar to a wig, and carried 

 back straight to the ear. At the back of the head is the lambent 

 flame of sanctity, for which Budhistical figures are also remarkable. 

 On either side of this statue, parallel with the neck on the outer part 

 of the tablet, are attendants, their heads circled with a small mughut, 

 and holding wreaths in both their hands ; their attitude is similar to 

 those on the sides of the Daghop, at Karlee, and in the Keneri caves, 

 that of flying ; the outside one is a woman, the inner clothed, kurra or 

 bangles on their arms and ancles ; round the neck, arms and body a 

 multiplicity of chains or the convolutions of one. I look upon this as 



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