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Account of Mamallaipur. 



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wide, running east and west ; and in the gateway are two 

 recesses, each 12 feet square, one on each side. Near the cor- 

 ners of these recesses in the gateway there are four large 

 square stone pillars, 16 feet high, 3 broad and 2 thick, with 

 ilowery ornaments. This foundation corresponds with a 

 similar one (No. 15) about a hundred yards distant towards 

 the east, in the plain below ; and the two form nearly a 

 straight line with a very ancient temple situated on the sea 

 shore. 



From the front of Krishna's Choultry, on looking towards 

 the south west, may be seen on the top of the hill, a small 

 dilapidated building (No. 16) quite in ruins. 



Beneath this is an excavation in the side of the hill (No. 17) 

 of a rectangular shape, measuring 25 feet long, 18 fee^t deep, 

 and 10 feet 6 inches high. The front is adorned by two 

 neatly finished •pillars- and two pilasters. At each end are 

 imperfect traces and outlines of a group of figures ; and on 

 each side of the excavation in front is a neatly finished niche, 

 3 feet high, 3 feet deep and 2 feet 6 inches wide. In front 

 of the whole is ihe skeleton of a verandah 48 feet long, 12 

 feet high and 12 feet wide. Steps are cut in the side of the 

 hill, at one end of the verandah, by which there is an easy as- 

 cent to the top of it. 



At a few yards distance to the eastward, is a stone bed, 

 with an elevation at the north end of it for a seat or pillow. 

 The bed is 7 feet 3 inches long, and 3 feet 9 inches broad, 

 and the pillow is 10 inches high. 



On the eastern face of the easternmost of the detached rocks 

 near this place, may be seen another group of sculptures, 

 representing the same story of Arjuna ; but the figures are 

 not so distinct as the former, nor equally numerous, and they 

 appear to have suffered much more from the weather. 



