29 4 V. A. Smith—Observations on some Chandel Antiquities. [No. 4, 
The arguments above given in favour of a possible late date for the 
Ganthai temple appear to us not to be undeserving of consideration, but 
we rely mainly on the evidence afforded by the construction of the building 
itself, in support of the conclusion at which we have arrived that the - 
temple in question is a comparatively late re-arrangement of the materials 
of earlier buildings, some of which may possibly be as old as the whole 
edifice has been supposed to be. There appears to be no good evidence 
to show to which religion the building belonged, but, as all the immediate 
surroundings are Jain, it may, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be 
assigned to the professors of that faith. 
The name of Ganthai would appear to be derived from the bells 
sculptured on the columns as supposed by Dr. Fergusson, and the villagers 
also gave this reason for the name. As stated by General Cunning- 
ham, the only portions now standing are the four pillars of the porch, the 
carved entrance, the four pillars of the inner mandap or hall, some pilasters 
of granite which were built into the surrounding wall, and some portions 
of the roof. 
The plan of the existing portion is shown on Plate XVII, and the 
dotted lines show the probable shape of the temple when complete. 
This rectangular form we derive from the existing temple of Jinandth 
and are confirmed in our supposition by the plan of the Jain temple re- 
presented in Plate XLV of Burgess, Arch. Survey of Western India, 1874. 
The Ganthai must therefore have been intended to be a large temple, — 
larger than even Jinanath, which is the largest of the Jain temples. Assum- 
ing the building to have ever been completed and then allowed to fall into 
ruin, the mass of debris must have been very great, much greater than 
could easily have been removed, but the present remains consist of the 
columns and portions of the roof stated above and absolutely nothing else. 
There is no trace whatever of the sanctum, which must, if it ever 
existed, have been very massive and crowned by a huge steeple. Nothing, 
except the pilasters above mentioned, remains of the thick side walls, which 
would necessarily have been constructed, and it is not likely that the stones 
of the sanctum, side walls and spire could have so completely disappeared, 
if they were ever there. 
From this we are inclined to think that the present building is an 
unfinished portion of what was intended to have been a very large temple, 
but which was never completed, and which, as we now proceed to show, 
was itself a reconstruction. We are led to believe this, not only from the 
disappearance of the materials of the wanting portion, but also from what 
is now standing having been put together in a clumsy and unsystematie 
manner. The outer pilasters are so irregular that it is evident that they 
