1849.] discovered on a Spur of the Satpoorah Range. 929 



ear. There is an abundance of ornaments on the arms and feet, and 

 four rings on the neck, from the lowest of which two separate perpendi- 

 cular pieces hang close to the breasts, underneath which they turn to 

 the arm, which they encircle once. From the junction of the breast- 

 pieces there depends the usual lotus within the lozenge. I imagined 

 this to have been some ornamental chain, probably the Candora, which 

 distinguishes the Seetambaree, and which is somtimes very long and 

 entwined a good deal over the limbs, but from the general description, 

 abundance of ornaments, protruding breast, and peculiar hair knot, I am 

 inclined notwithstanding the posture, to regard it as a female deity, which 

 we know were not uncommon with the Jainas, 48 being admitted into 

 their Pantheon (see Bhudha Vilasa), and one among their Tirthankars. 

 If I am correct she has a niche also in the small choultry upon the 

 hill ; the figures under her feet differ from those before described, and 

 are rather remarkable. Under the right knee is a small one seated 

 astride a tiger with the pillow under the left arm, and close to the foot 

 an exceedingly small figure on its knee in a suppliant, almost in a weep- 

 ing posture. The side is to the observer, and the head bent upon the 

 left arm. Under the left knee the figure there placed also faces the last, 

 but is seated, not cross-legged, the buttocks on the ground, the fore 

 arms along the thighs, the elbows on the groins just as natives sit in the 

 present day. Still ascending you enter near the summit of the hill a 

 kind of rude gateway, with a small parapet wall on either side ; upon a 

 rising ground on the left are the walls of an old temple, which appears 

 from the remains of the masonry to have been circular, with a vaulted 

 dome ; there remain in it yet two erect figures similar to that first 

 described, of which there are several in the temple — now in use. 

 Taking the path to the right and ascending some broken and irregular 

 ground you reach the chief flight, which conducts to the temple ; from 

 the remains of stone, masses of bricks and mortar and figures jumbled 

 together every where, the whole surface of the summit must have been 

 built over. One erect figure is peculiar in standing isolated in an attitude 

 not common in a divinity, but pertaining usually to Darpals, — that of 

 listless attention, the hip being thrust out and the right hand leaning 

 On it. Close to this commences the ascent of some 40 or 50 rude 

 steps, which lead to a platform about 30 feet above the surrounding 

 objects, but only upon one side, and evidently erected as a buttress or 



