1849.] discovered on a Spur of the Satpoorah Range. 935 



the slab, parallel with the head, was a small figure always seated, and 

 occasionally in a portico by itself. Between it and the canopy, with 

 their hind feet upon the head of this seated figure, was an elephant, 

 the trunk down, frequently with Bodhisatvas on its back, or between 

 it and the canopy two small figures with their knees bent under, as if 

 clinging to the canopy. Under the four feet of the elephant, close to 

 it, still parallel with the head of the chief figure, two small flying 

 figures bearing wreaths in both hands, the nearer clothed, the outer a 

 woman with fruit in her hand. Directly under these, along the arm of 

 the chief images, a full length figure, its nearest hand supporting the 

 feet of the flying figure above, or with lotus stalks carried over the 

 shoulder, and the outer hand with karra, &c. On the corresponding hip 

 or thigh, these are always clothed and have the spiral caps of attendants. 

 Outside of these, and of the same height, is another erect figure, the 

 near hands in respect to the large image resting upon a fish, bird or 

 club, the other by the side. At the feet of both of these below, but 

 outside the knees, there are two small figures, one seated cross-legged, 

 the other as if on a bench with one leg dangling, the right hand holding 

 a staff; these seldom vary. Outside of them again under the small 

 figure seated in the corner above, is a pillar supported by pigmies 

 (zujalya) having for its shaft a tiger rampant, on a reclining elephant 

 as its base. Immediately under the knees and feet of the chief image 

 are four diminutive pillars, between the outer of which is a lion facing the 

 wheel, which is in the centre. This latter is but the personification of 

 the earth, or two cups meeting at the base, according to the Jain belief: 

 the flat surface at the junction, the earth — it presents no form of the 

 praying wheel pictured by Colonel Sykes in his notes on the moral and 

 political state of India, and is represented with its tire in front, not its 

 broad axis. 



In those which seem very old and weather-beaten there is a se- 

 cond figure over the first in a little porch supported by birds, with 

 wings endorsed on each side ; on a level with its knees two others simi- 

 lar to it, under which are the elephants. Where the principal figure is 

 erect the niche is carved a good deal, and there is a pillar on each 

 side, the tops of the figures of one hand touching a club or bird's 

 head. 



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