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vtfl >o narrow, there could have been no cave beyond, else it would 

 have been widened. The roof is a boulder supported by others at each 

 side. 



There are several fragments of images, but only two are perfect ; one 

 is a seated figure of Boodh about 3 feet high, but it is partly imbedded 

 in the accumulation of rubbish on the floor ; it has the same canopy 

 of a seven-headed snake which I observed at Durawut, where it is 

 called Nagjee ; here it is called Langa-beer ! The other figure is a 

 female, one which, Babu Rajendralala Mitra says, represents Mayadevf, 

 Mother of Boodh. 



Outside, there is a small platform, in front of the entrance, of undress- 

 ed stones, and a series of rude steps leads up from the foot of the hill. 

 I may mention that there is a story current amongst the natives here, 

 that a party of strangers arrived at this place, ostensibly as a marriage 

 procession, that they encamped at the foot of the hill, and that in the 

 night time they dug up a quantity of treasure which had been buried 

 at the foot of a large detached boulder : the hob' which they had dug 

 was pointed out. They say that they were Coles or people from the 

 South, and it was explained that these people were formerly in poa- 

 >u of this part of the country, and this was how they came to 

 know that there was treasure buried here. 



About a mile to the north there is another little hill which was 

 originally crowned with a temple, judging by the number of squared 

 granite blocks which lay strewn about, and by the stones made use of 

 in erecting a Durga over the tomb of some Mussulman Saint. 



To the south of Cheon, at the distance of a mile, there is another 

 cluster of hills ; the nearest village is called Deokillee ; the easternmost 

 pinnacle of the hill is crowned by a mass of brick rubbish. In the centre 

 of this mound, facing the east, the internal chamber is intact, but the 

 entrance was nearly blocked up. By dint of squeezing, however, a 

 native managed to get inside, but there was no figure ; the little 

 chamber was only some 10 by VI feet long, but the rubbish filled 

 it to within two feet of the roof, so that it is possible there may 

 be some figures buried in the rubbish. To the north on the same space 

 of the hill is a small cavity amongst the boulders which had been 

 built up and thus formed a small chamber, and in front there is a 

 natural basin in the rock which had been added to, and thus formed a 



