1866.] 



Notes on some of the Temples of Kash 



ashmir. 



105 



basement of a bara durree, or some such structure, 100 feet long and 

 67 feet wide. It must have had a broad open verandah all round. 

 The bases of the pillars on one of the longer sides (viz. that to the 

 east), eight in number, are all but one still in their places. The 

 pillars were fluted and two feet in diameter, with an intercolumniation 

 of nearly 12£ feet. Numerous fragments of them are lying about in 

 all directions. 



The uppermost course of the basement stones (on which the pillars 

 stood) are 15 inches high, and project about 5 inches over those of the 

 second course (which is almost entirely buried in the ground). In the 

 centre of the platform there are the remains of what appear to have been 

 the walls of an apartment. 



About 20 yards to the N. E. of the platform there are the ruins of the 

 enclosing wall of the second group of temples eleven in number, (see 

 woodcut below), with the remains of a gateway in the centre, about 

 22 T 7 2 feet wide, similar to that belonging to the first group.* Like 







m 



'%£$W 



A. to G. Temples. 



H. Oistern. 



I. Road to first group of temples. 



J.J.J. Jungle. 



K. Small temple on hill side. 

 R.R.R. Kanknai river. 

 S. Spring. 

 T. Tank. 



the latter, it was divided into two chambers, and had flanking 

 pillars to the front and rear, like those at Bhaniyar.f Their 

 # See ante, p. 104. f See Photograph, No. III. 



