1844.]' 



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place having once been an apartment of a palace, as intimated 

 in that account : the top of the hill hereabout is indeed quite 

 uneven and irregular, and abounds with immense blocks and 

 masses of granite. 

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There is nothing more which merits notice on the surface 

 of the hill, if we except numerous mortice holes, which may 

 be seen running parallel to its western edge, and many small 

 flights of steps cut in several parts of the rocks. 



Leaving the top of the hill, and descending by the path in 

 front of the temple last mentioned, at a few feet south east of 

 the pagoda which contains the image of Ganesa, will be found 

 sculptured in bas relief, on the eastern faces of two large 

 rocks, the story of the Tapasa (No. 11) or intense penance 

 of Arjuna. These two rocks adjoin each other, being' divid- 

 ed only by a fissure. They measure 84 feet in length, and 3 

 about 30 feet in height* * 



In this group of sculptures, the "principal figure, that of 

 Arjuna,, is not the largest. He is seen on the left of the fissure 

 in the posture of penance ; his arms are raised above his 

 head, his right leg is lifted up. He is supposed to stand on 

 the great toe of his left foot. His arms and right leg appear 

 withered, but his left leg is of the natural size. His chest and 

 ribs are prominent, but the stomach and abdomen sunken ; 

 the whole figure representing emaciation from long fasting. 

 Besides this figure there is a multitude of others both of men 

 and animals ; and among the latter two well proportioned 

 elephants as large as life. The largest of them measures 17 

 feet from the proboscis to the tail, and 1 4 feet in height. The 

 smaller is in height 10 feet, and in length 11. Under the 

 belly of the larger elephant there is a small one, with the heads 

 and trunks of two others, while the head of a fourth is seen 

 between his proboscis and fore feet. These figures of ele- 

 phants are cut on the right hand rock on a level with the 

 ground. On the rock to the left, near the fissure, and below 



