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DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS ON 



Here, as in No. 17, two of the highest figures near the cleft 

 are portrayed as if half reclining with a round pillow behind 

 their heads, one on each side, possibly an aureole or glory. 



Very many of the figures are in pairs, male and female, and the 

 blank spaces of the rock have been carved to represent something 

 like rocks below, and above, more like clouds with rounded tops. 



Here the two principal figures are not near the centre as in 

 No. 17, but on a semi-detached piece of the rock above the south 

 end of the entire sculptured surface. Arjuna, if so it be, stands 

 on the ball of his left foot, with his right drawn up and his hands 

 joined together, palms up, high over his head. His face is 

 turned upward and shows little or no beard. The ears are large, 

 the ribs shown coarsely, and the stomach hollow as if with 

 emaciation. He wears a roll round his waist, a short kilt or 

 petticoat, and the sacred thread. 



A four-armed figure of a god (perhaps intended for Siva, by 

 the small battle-axe emblem in the left upper hand) stands by 

 regarding Arjuna, with his principal (lower) right hand extended 

 horizontally towards him. 



The god wears the usual tall topi or head-dress, the sacred 

 thread, and a scanty waist-band, the loose end of which looks 

 something like a triple-headed snake. He has the usual orna- 

 ments on wrists and arms, and very large pendulous ears. There 

 is a dwarf with raised arms in attendance. 



In the lowest line of figures several porters with poles and 

 packs may be seen with bare heads or with knobby top-knots 

 like other figures in the lower ranks. In the upper ranks above, 

 taller or pyramidal caps are the fashion, and the men wear the 

 brahmanical thread. 



I did not notice any temple or shrine or any Naga-hooded 

 figures such as are to be seen near the centre of No. 17, but there 

 is a large triangular space including the lower half of the cleft, 

 which is now devoid of sculpture. It might be worth while clear- 

 ing away the soil or sand from the base of the sculptures, as has 

 been done in the case of No. 17 ; any lower sculptures would 

 probably be better preserved, and any figures that "may have been 

 dethroned from their position in the central cleft might turn up 



