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ing, slightly ruined, but which is wanting both in the temple at Barsi and 
at Makarbai. 
In this last one the entrance to the sanctum has been walled up, so 
that the shrine is not visible. The floors of the shrines at Barsi and 
Bamhauri are both somewhat below the level of the floor of the main 
chamber. 
The material of these three temples is granite, the walls being con- 
structed of wide slabs set on edge, and externally two bands of ornamented 
moulding run round the building. 
From some fragments of stucco adhering to the otntntala of the Barsi 
temple it would appear to have been covered with plaster. This temple 
differs somewhat from the other two in having two openings for light in 
the middle of the shorter sides of the mandapa or hall, whilst the temples 
at Makarbai and Bamhauri have closed sides and only obtain light from 
the front of the building. We were unable to find any inscription at any of 
these temples, and the villagers only know them by the name of Baithaks. 
The name of the ¢a/do on the edge of which the first temple stands is 
Barsi, and an ancient village site to the west is also called Barsi. The 
maker of the lake is said to be Bar Brahm Chandel.* To the east ot the 
temple stands a small shrine which we have not described, it being of no 
special interest. The neighbouring village of Pahra is also known under 
the name of Khajuraha. In another paper we hope to describe some other 
buildings which have hitherto either altogether escaped notice or been 
inadequately described. While we were engaged on this paper, Vol. VII 
of the Archxological Reports has appeared, but the notes recorded in it, 
are so meagre, and in some details so incorrect, that much remains to be 
done before it can be said that the antiquities of Bundelkhand have 
received adequate treatment. 
* Bar Brahm (7. e. Varmma) is not mentioned in any known inscription, but is in- 
cluded in the bards’ lists of the Chandel princes. He was probably not a ruling chief, 
but one of the members of the ruling family. 
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