Oistite m'0f-'fo^ temple- the two fanes are ft ill entire, and coifj^- 



tain€feh,a>iir®f- 'fig;a thofe in the middle tern-- 



l^le^.thabglidpiiityk otaiiy of: the more ufuale of the Hindu. 



%Yim^\ti-' t'bS^'slitdc'iloubt however/ but they are reprelentatiooi oh 

 Siv..A to whom it IS probable the whole group is dedicated* 



Th^ ioterior of thefetvfo temples differs in a remarkable degrees, 

 from all i-hofe which I hayc examined; ia other htuations by the rich<=i. 

 nefs and profuiion of the decorations. The principal figures are thofe 

 of perfonsQ^f rank in an attitudeof devotion,. Some are ikiing a^id; 

 others (landing, but all addreffihg their dr votioiss to the in^ages before 

 defcribed. The greater number are accompanied bv fiizuies of Haves, 

 or, ferva-nts holciing. umbrellas* Xhs- fmailer, temples as already 

 mentioned, arc all in Gomplete ruin, but the images which they^ 

 contained^ Hill, exid,. and feveral of them, ai"e nearly perfc8, all 

 thofe furroiinding the tv/o central, tern pies .already defcrib^d, are. 

 images of Buqdha in a fitting poflure, the right lidc of the bofom bare^ 

 the hands, variouily difpofed, fometimes refting on the knees, fometimcs 

 S8 if demonilrating oii offering in ilrtiftion, the features are ^elevated, the 

 cxprcirionof'the countenance placid, the hur fhon and. curkdj Ids 

 Tcfembling nature than-the effect of art, and. in my judgment -havin'g 

 no likencfs to the woolly h^iir of the African^ no oiOre than the featureSj 

 to the fiat nofe,^thiGk.Jips, and other charadciiriic marks ©f the .negro 

 countenance^ 



The group 'of, temples in the BOFthernrCxtremity'-^of^ the-. -greas m* 

 clofure is in a thorough flafeof dilapidation, including the central tem- 

 ple, yet it is remarkable that raoilof the figures Uill remair. an:4>m^ny 

 of them arecntirc; a,facl, which feems to prove that religioi - Fsaati^ifir;, 

 had little fnare in thedeilrudion of thefe temples. Among the images 



