38 KARRATIVE OF A JOÜRNEY 



Following the building to the left^ we passed 

 to the front through a small Arch, which pro- 

 bably formed the third of this Portico, but the 

 lest have given waj and torn ofF the whole of 

 the vault from the top, strewing the terrace and 

 stair case with the mins. The interior apart- 

 ment has been described alreadj. 



The west end is of the same form and dimen-» 

 sions as the east. — The Temple here was emp- 

 ty. — Above the door a sitting Jain figure in a 

 niche, but determinedly male — statues on either 

 side of the door in the niche— that on the right 

 holding a flöwer in oae hand — the marks of the 

 iire verj evident on the corner of the base. 



The west front shevvs the same order as the 

 east — the aati-apartnient torn away shews the roof 

 and vault. There being no door to the interior 

 here, the space is occupied bj a compartment, in 

 which a grand vase is seen with flowers and 

 leaves from its mouth overshading the sides. 

 Two small Jain sitting figures are seen in the 

 niches above in the second story. 



The Crowning or top of the whole is ruinous, 

 and the fiill of the two south and north project- 

 ing parts have also taken away much of the 

 outer coating with them ; the overgrowth 

 of the Banian also shading it, binders its true 



