88 DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS ON 



M (30). ridge may now be taken, such as M (30) an 



unfinished excavation ; also 

 P (50). Another unfinished excavation; whence descend 



to 



P (51 and 52). The two Koneri excavations at the west 

 foot of the rocks. A walk for a quarter of a 

 mile from P (51 and 52) to the west brings 

 one to the Pidarikulam quarry rocks, where 

 there are several unfinished Hatha monoliths, 



Z (2 and 3), and to the south of these lesser rocks a 

 third Z (4). 



Monolithic Rathas, all of them generally resem- 

 bling the other JRathas, but each differing from 

 the other in detail. 



Close to the landing place is 



Z (1). An ordinary village goddess', Pidari-amman, 

 temple. 



In the foregoing round nothing of importance has been 

 omitted; for I cannot think that such as A 18, the carved stone 

 representing a couple of monkeys and suckling, or TJ (15), the 

 little village goddess images, are worth going out of one's 

 way to visit if pressed for time. 



V (54). The small ruined stone temple, standing isolated 

 in the sand waste half a mile north of the 

 village, could not be visited in the allotted time, 

 a single day. 



If two days are available for the purpose, the following 

 would seem to be a convenient leisurely way of taking all the 

 antique objects of interest at the Seven Pagodas. Arriving 

 by canal boat early one morning, whilst the boat is being 

 moored and unloaded, and a guide and coolies sent for, just 

 notice the objects near the landing-place, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 

 perhaps 4 also ; then take the footpath to the village and 

 make for the north end of the main rocks where are many 



