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DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS ON 



GENERAL LIST OF OBJECTS AT THE SEVEN PAGODA S- 



(Continued) . 



Objects. 



H. 

 h. 



g- 

 G. 



3- 



Por A 

 a 

 P. 



P. 



u. 

 V. 



44 



45 

 46 

 47 

 48 



49 

 50 



51 



52 



53 



54 



Dharmaraja's Mandapa : plain rock-cut porch with 

 cells. Has a long inscription. Finished : carving 

 spoilt. 



Arjuna's Penance (S.) ; 2nd edition : big rock-cut 



scene. 



Rock-cut Mandapa excavation : facade only blocked 

 out. 



VelugOti Simhama Nayudu Mandapa : rude stone 

 building ; modern. 



Ramanuja Mandapa : finished cave : cells destroyed 

 and tableaux dished : has a little Sanskrit inscrip- 

 tion on floor. 



Couch : plain stone bed 



Kotikal Mandapa, cave : two plain pillars, cell and 

 warders. 



Koneri Mandapa N. cave : four-pillared chamber and 

 cell. A word or two engraved on floor of cell. 



Koneri Mandapa S. cave : eight-pillared chamber 

 and 5 cells. 



" Gengonda Mandapa.' ' A modern or mediaeval 

 building. 



Mukunda Nayanar Temple ; stone building ; nearly 

 choked with sand. Siva tableau in shrine niche. 



Objects at Saluvankuppam. 



w. 

 Wl. 



w2. 



X3. 



y4. 

 y- 

 y- 



(55) 

 (56) 



(57) 

 (58) 



(59) 

 (60) 

 (61) 



Devangri mounds : supposed ancient site 



Idaiyan Padal Griffin-bowered shrine facade and 



sculptured rocks. 

 The Idaiyan Padal (== Herdsman' s shelter screen): 



needle rock ; lamp niches on western face. 

 Atiranacanda Pallava Mandapa, "cave : porch with 



shrine-cell, 3 lingas, 3 tableaux, and Sanskrit 



inscriptions ascribed to eighth century A.D. 

 Flat stone with old Tamil inscription, mentioning 



a grant of land. 

 Inscribed Rock : deed of sale in old Tamil ascribed 



to the year 1116 A.D. 

 Dated inscription on a stone at F>valakkaran Ca- 



vadi in old Tamil: dated Saka year 1157 



(= 1235 A.D.) 



