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sides had also niches of the same kind, so that 

 about twelve niches filied the space around. — 

 The second story also appeared to have niches 

 of lesser height, in two of which we could per- 

 ceive small sitting naked Images, apparentlj of 

 Jain, On either side of these niches the space 

 was occupied by a series of pilasters and long 

 divisions, filied with a running arabesque border 



of Roses the niches were termin- 



ated by arches in what is usually, though evi- 

 dently erroneously, called the Gothic stile— and 

 above this the monstrous head with gaping 

 mouth, tusks and staring eyes, which we find the 

 constant ornament or rather symbol of these 

 Teraples, and which I have a strong suspicioii 

 bas some symbolical meaning, as we find no other 

 of the customary symbols of the Hindüs than 

 that which I think is called the Yali, and that 

 of the Gandarvas on another Temple. In this 

 corps de \' edifice in front south was the stair case 

 Portico, of which only two side Arches remain, 

 where the Temple was entered by a plain door 

 ofthree feet; the body within was cntirely cased 

 with plain out blocks of about nine inches high, 

 devoid of all ornament whatever to the height 

 of about thirty feet ; from this square of twenty 

 feet arose an eight sided vault of pyramidal 



