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large flat curls, of which there are three between the jaw and 

 the shoulder. 



37. Draupadi's Hatha, or the Goddess Vimana ; finished.— 

 This is the northernmost of the four monolithic shrines. It seems 

 to represent a cubical cell built of timber and plaster, under a 

 quadrangular curvilinear thatch-shaped roof. Except the armed 

 dwarfs and the two worshippers, or half-kneeling attendants 

 sculptured on the back wall in the shrine cell, all the figures are 

 females. The work is finished or very nearly so, and the scroll 

 patterns carved on the walls and roof are uncommonly florid and 

 good. Similar scrolls are to be seen on the Pidarikulam 

 Hatha No. 3, and also on the Olakkannesvara temple No. 34 and 

 above the bas-relief of Durga No. 21. 



38. The Colossal Bull, Nandl. — This figure lies to the east 

 of the row, facing the space between No. 37 and No. 39, the two 

 northern shrines. Being nearly buried in the sand, nothing but 

 the head is to be seen, which is 4 feet long, the horns being 3 feet 

 3 inches apart at the roots. The presence of the bull here, and 

 in the structural temples (No. 6, &c), though rare, shows that 

 at one time the bull held a position of some consideration, at 

 variance with its present dethronement at the Shore temple. 



39. Naktjla's (or Arj una's) Hatha; unfinished inside. — This 

 is the second monolithic shrine in the row from the north end. 

 It is a square three-storeyed shrine with an octagonal dome top. 

 In design it is much the same as No. 2, that at the Pidarikulam 

 •quarry, nearest to the landing-place. 



40. The Elephant. — This monolith stands in the street 

 between Nos. 39 and 41, back to back with the lion monolith 

 No. 36, and facing southward, almost abreast of No. 41, and 

 opposite the interval between Nos. 39 and 42. Like the 

 •elephants in Hindu sculpture generally, and in Nos. 17, 22 and 

 45, this is more true to nature than most of the other animals 

 portrayed. 



41. Sahadeva's or the apsidal Hatha; unfinished. — This 

 monolith stands on the west side of the street or row formed by 

 the other four Hatha shrines, and opposite the interval between 

 Nos, 39 and 42. It is a very interesting specimen, as almost the 



