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figure kneeling and apparently intended to be placed in a square 

 niche. There are numerous cuttings of chuckrums and other devices 

 about this part of the cave which my sketches can alone convey an 

 idea of. At the bottom of the left hand side wall of the cave are 

 some -characters not unlike the old Pali. Near the floor on the right 

 side of the entrance are some other characters. Near the floor on 

 the left side of the entrance are more characters. I copied all these 

 as well as I could decypher them. 



Returning from the caves I copied the rock inscriptions in the 

 Bellike valley. There are three. One is in old Canarese and means 

 Lingum. This is on a rock on the south boundary of a tract culti- 

 vated by the Burghers and where they say in former days stood a 

 large place, bazaar and gardens. 



The second inscription is in a character resembling the old Malia- 

 lum. 



The third inscription resembles the old Sanscrit of the 3rd century 

 before Christ, and the Junagarah inscriptions I have already alluded 

 to. It consists of but one line. 



Mr. Weigle suggests that the proper reading of the name of Achen- 

 ny may be Ujayini the same as Oojain. I am well disposed to agree 

 with him because it would greatly confirm my conjecture that the 

 Buddhist or Jain conquerors of the Hills won their first battle at the 

 spot, nothing being more likely than that they would bestow upon 

 it the name of their capital Oojain or Ujayina, also one of their origi- 

 nal seats. 



The Editor of the Madras Journal in his Review of the Mahawan- 

 so states his belief that Buddhism spread to Talcad the ancient capital 

 of the Conga country or modern Coimbatore, and adds, the Jaina 

 faith was once seated on the throne of Mysore, and materials exist to 

 show Buddhism came over from Ceylon into the Pandiya ^nd Chola 

 countries, or the districts surrounding Tanjore, Trichinopoly and 

 Madura. 



List of Figures, &c. in pottery from the cairns on the Neilgherries, 

 of Buddhist or Jain fashion. 



1. Figures of lions, tigers, deer, peacocks, which are of common 

 occurrence in Buddhist paintings and sculpture. 



2. Figures of coiled snakes. 



3. Figures of the cobracapcllo with its hood expanded. 



