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DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS ON 



There are no other sculptured figures about this mandapa, but 

 there is an inscription on the south end wall of the outer aisle or 

 verandah, of some 12 lines, each about 4 feet long. The centre 

 cell or shrine is 4' 6" X 4' 6" and 6' 8" high ; the two side cells 

 are each 3' 10" X 3' 10" and 5' 2" high, and all of them are about 



2 feet above the floor level, with a narrow flight of three steps 

 each between plain side or parapet walls, having a plain semi- 

 circular doormat stone or " moon stone " at their foot. 



The piers of this excavation are nearly 2 feet (T 11") square 

 and 7 feet high (=3| diameters) below the bracket capitals. 

 Each pier is square in horizontal section to a height of nearly 



3 feet, above which it is octagonal for 2' 4", and then a plain 

 square again for 2' up to the bracket. 



The height of the verandah is about 9 feet. The brackets are 

 plain cross-beams projecting 1' 2" beyond the shaft of the pier, 

 with their ends sloped up, so as to support the architrave for 

 about f of its length, leaving only about 1 ' 2" unsupported in 

 the centre between their ends. 



The whole of this excavation is severely plain and devoid of 

 ornament, and seems to have been complete and well finished, 

 and except for the obliteration of the warders is in perfect 

 preservation, and looks as fresh as if only just made. In style 

 this cave resembles the Kotikal, No. 50, and the Atira Mandapa 

 No. 58. 



The MahishamardinT Mandapa or Yamaruri. 



19 of Braddoch, p. 96 / and para. 18, p. 208 of Kdvali 

 Lakshmayya. 



32. According to Braddock this fine excavation is 33 feet long 

 or wide north-south, 1 7 feet deep and 1 3 feet high. It is divided 

 into five openings or bays, by five 16 -sided tall pillars (the shaft 

 being 9 or 10 diameters) surmounted by squash capitals, with a 

 square abacus, cubical block, and deep unfinished brackets with 

 plain curved ends. The shafts have a slight base, two raised 

 bands left for ornament, and a slightly contracted neck. 



The architrave and frieze band is deep but unsculptured, and 

 the cornice with its five pairs of flat-spiked horse-shoe facets 



