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to have been satisfactorily proved to be 1073 A,D. (See Carr, 

 p. 138.) 



The inscription refers to the temple of Mahavaraha Vishnu as 

 of a well known and already endowed temple, which shows it to 

 have been older than this, and part of the inscription having 

 been covered up hy the newer buildings added, proves them to 

 be of a much later date. 



30. Unfinished Mandapa (excavation). — A four-pillared exca- 

 vation with niches begun. This is some little distance north of 

 the YarahasvaniT temple No. 35, and amidst the rocks west of the 

 Velugoti Singama Nayudu Mandapa No. 47. 



29. Draupadi's Bath (or Turmeric vat).-^A mere shapeless 

 excavation for a water tank, on the south end of a central ridge 

 of the rock, north of No. 30, and about 100 yards south-west 

 from the great foundation of the Rayala Gopuram No. 27. 



28. Dharmaraja's Simhasana, or Lion Throne. — This is on 

 the north side of the rock, on the south end of which is Draupadl's 

 bath, 50 or 60 yards apart, and about 90 or 100 yards west of 

 the Rayala Gopuram No. 27. 



The five burnt-offering pits of the Panca Pandavas and their 

 treasure pack are said to be about here ; the rocks being called 

 the ' Monkeys' rocks. 1 



27. The Rayala Gopuram. — The foundations built up to floor- 

 level of dressed stone masonry, with an ornamental plinth mould- 

 ing for the basement. Four monolithic pillars have been set 

 up for the posts of the gateway, 3 feet wide, 2 feet thick, and 1 6 

 feet high. 



52. Koneri (Pallam) Mandapa (south) excavation. — From 

 Dharmaraja's throne (No. 28), by going on to the north and 

 taking the first opportunity to descend from the rocks to the 

 plain at their west foot, this unfinished excavation will be found, 

 facing the west-north-west. 



The Koneri Mandapa (south) is a chamber 36 feet 6 inches 

 long or wide (north — south), 16 feet deep, and nearly 10 feet high, 

 having eight polygonal piers 7 or 8 diameters high, arranged in 

 two rows of four each, dividing the chamber into an outer and 

 inner verandah of five bays, backed by five cells each of which 



