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wears his own hair twisted turban-fashion round his head, elfin locks 

 falling over either shoulder ; upon his left shoulder hangs the skin 

 of an antelope ; below the navel, a band passes round the body 

 from which hangs a narrow fold of drapery. The right hand holds a 

 rosary, while the left supports a slender waving lotus stalk, on which 

 a seated figure of Buddha rests, the snake canopied attendant, and 

 flying figure are counterparts of those on the opposite side. The 

 walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are 

 covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on 

 a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs 

 and tiaras, canopied by snakes ; two smaller stems springing from 

 the principal stalk, support attendants on their flowers, who appear 

 to be repetitions " in petto" of the darpals of the sanctuary. Bud- 

 dha sometimes is represented with the legs crossed, as well as de- 

 pendant : the hands as seen in the sanctuary, with one exception, 

 where the back of the right hand rests upon the left palm. 



No. 2, is a Vihara cave, squaring fifty feet either way, exclusive 

 of side cells and sanctuary. It consists of a partly fallen ante-ve- 

 randah ; a hall with cells at each corner, side recesses, vestibule and 

 sanctuary. The interior is much filled up with indurated sandy 

 mud, washed in during the rains : a sufficient quantity was removed 

 to enable me to judge of the style and nature of the sculpture. The 

 wall of the outer verandah is pierced by three doorways, leading 

 into the hall, which is twelve feet high, and the roof supported by 

 twelve pillars and four pilasters; these have rectangular plinths, with 

 shafts rising in a rectangular manner for about a fourth their height, 

 and then breaking into polygonal shapes, fluted or plain, encircled 

 with richly decorated bands and fillets of rosettes and beading, sur- 

 mounted by a capricious capital, either cushioned shape, or that 

 peculiar form known as the vase and falling leaf, where the capital 

 is vase like, with elegantly carved leaves drooping in spiral volutes 

 from the points of the abacus. The architrave resting on the pil- 

 lars, is enriched with sculpture generally representing Buddha seated 

 with females, surrounded by a profusion of gracefully arranged, and 

 well sculptured foliage. Medallions ornamented with Lions, Ele„ 

 phants and nondescript animals, serve to support the whole entabla- 

 ture. A medallion in demi-relievo, occupies the centre of the shafts 

 in the side pilasters, of Buddha, and females, with very beautifully 

 designed fillets and bands in bead work surrounding it— the same 



