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of by the followers of Mahadeo, who made a new entrance, and 

 established a lingam in the centre of the building. 



" At Khajurdho I measured all the principal temples, which perhaps 

 form the most wonderful and magnificent group of Hindu remains in 

 Upper India. On one of these temples I counted upwards of eight 

 hundred statues of half life size, and eight elephant statues of the 

 same dimensions. But the most wonderful part of the principal 

 temples is, that the sanctum is a temple of itself inside the great 

 temple, and is just as thickly studded with sculpture. At Khajuraho 

 there are upwards of 20 temples still standing, and the remains of at 

 least as many more ! 



" At MaJioba I measured the temples, and searched the ruins carefully 

 for inscriptions. I found two or three new ones which had escaped 

 my search in 1843 and again in 1850. One is the well known Bud- 

 dhist profession of faith, in characters as late as A. B. 1000. A 

 second, which unfortunately is imperfect, gives the Chdndel genealogy 

 from Raja Dhdnga to Kirtti Varmma, the king before whom the 

 Prabodha Chandrodaya was performed. Gauda Deva, the son of 

 Bhanga, is the Nanda-Ray of Ferishta who conquered Kanoj in 

 A. D. 1021. 



" I have copies of the three great inscriptions at Khajuraho, of which 

 one only has been translated by Sutherland, who misread the date ; 

 which is Samvat 1056, or A. B. 999. I will send my Chandel inscrip- 

 tions down to you as soon as I have got them arranged." 



The Council reported that they had appointed Hon'ble Gr. Camp- 

 bell a member of the Statist. Committee. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed at the last meeting were 

 balloted for and elected ordinary members : — 



Raja Joykissen Boss Bahadur. 

 Joseph Agabeg, Esq. 

 1 Lieut. T. H. Lewin. 

 Babu Sarodaprosonno Mookerjee. 

 A. H. Giles, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot as ordinary members 

 at the next meeting : — 



