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Account of Mamallaipur. 



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into tlie niche, and on either side its entrance, as well as at 

 each end formed by the projection, is a figure in bas relief, 

 with the name, attributes, or office of which I am unacquaint- 

 ed. 



Sculptured on the back wall between this niche and the 

 north east end of the excavation, is a female figure, probably 

 Devi or Parvati the consort of Siva, bathing. She is attend- 

 ed by her females and two elephants, one of which is pour- 

 ing a vessel of water over her, and the other is receiving 

 another vessel from the hands of one of her attendants. 



On a similar space to the south of the niche is another 

 female figure, which I take to be a representation of the same 

 great personage ; in this however I am not positive. On 

 each side of the principal figures, are two bulky little fel- 

 lows, and a fourth figure of a more natural size. There 

 are also two "heads 01 animals, one Somewhat similar to an 

 antelope's, the other intended perhaps for that of a tiger. 



The front of this excavation is supported by two columns, 

 and two pilasters of a handsome style of architecture. The 

 ceiling c is ornamented with flowery sculpture, but has several 

 cracks in it running lengthways ; i. e. in a north-east and 

 south-westerly direction. 



About eighty yards west of this place, on the top of the 

 hill, may be found after a little research, the stone bed, with 

 a lion for its pillow, which, in the account published in the 

 Asiatic Researches already alluded to, is called the Dhermft- 

 raja's lion throne, (No. 10) ; and at a trifling distance S, W. of 

 this, is the bath of Draupadi. The lion and bed measure in 

 length 9 feet 6 inches, and in breadth 3 feet 6 inches ; the 

 lion is 18 inches high, and stretching across the south end 

 appears as if intended for a seat or pillow. The bed lies due 

 north and south, and is hewn out and fashioned on the surface 

 of the solid rock. There is not the least appearance of the 



