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of the figure much injured. Most of the other large statues have 

 suffered mutilation to a greater or less extent, and one very fine 

 statue of a woman has been rendered indecent and otherwise dis- 

 figured. 



5. The byragees and other religious mendicants, who from time 

 to time take up their abodes in the caves, have built up many of the 

 spaces between the pillars of the verandahs with wattle-and-dab 

 walls, and have done their best to destroy the appearance of the 

 place. 



6. I have directed the magistrate of Pooree to take advantage 

 of the absence of the byragees to have the whole of these walls 

 removed, and all the rubbish and dirt collected about the caves 

 swept out. The Bhobanessur Police have orders to take care that 

 these nuisances are not renewed ; and the Surburakar of Khand- 

 giri, who seemed to feel ashamed of the state of the caves, pro- 

 mised that he would do his utmost to prevent the byragees from 

 cooking in the verandahs in future, or doing any thing else which 

 might tend to disfigure the sculptures. 



7. It will probably be necessary, however, to station a burkun- 

 daz permanently at Khandgiri to protect the caves from injury, and 

 I would suggest that one burkundaz should, for this purpose, be 

 added to the establishment of the Bhobanessur Force. If the 

 Lieutenant-Governor approves of this suggestion, a proposition 

 statement in the usual form will be submitted. 



8. Some small expenditure will also be necessary to cleanse the 

 friezes and other sculptures, and to improve the steps leading from 

 one cave to another, which at present are rather perilous. I think it 

 probable that one hundred Eupees will cover the whole expense, and 

 I would recommend that the magistrate of Pooree and the executive 

 officer of the division should be authorized to expend that sum in 

 cleansing the sculptures and repairing the steps and paths on the 

 Udayagiri,* and if possible also on the Khundgiri hill. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) E. A. Samuells, 



Commr. of Circuit, 



* All the most interesting caves are on the Udayagiri hill. 



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