Panda vuLA metta. 
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Surface of the liill for the erectioa of the usual panchapdli. 
Here and there on the Pdndavala Metta and several other of 
the hills in the vicinity, stone slabs of smaller size have been 
tilted up at an angle of 30" or 40° upon the sloping hill-side 
and held in position by upright stones placed under their 
outer edge — intended evidently as a protection from, rain 
and sun. These constructions are numerous in the vicinity 
of the larger cromlech. 
The whole level surface of the Pdndavula Metta is covered 
with circular holes cut into the soHd rock to a depth of ten 
inches or less. These holes are of three sizes^ the largest 
being about 12, the second S, and the third and smallest 
6 inches in diameter. Many of them are fine specimens of 
workmanship, being cut out with remarkable regularity and 
precision ; but the most curious features of these cuttings are 
their arrangement in every case in either oblong, circular, or 
elliptical figures, and the fact that these face either east or 
south. In the margin is given a 
diagram of an oblong arrangement of q '^■^ O 
these holes. The length from a to is q m...^-.., 0 q 
13 feet 2 inches. The length from 5 to P b % 
, , J, ... ^ O (to 0---0 O 
h and from c to « is exactly the same. j I 
The width from a io c, dio e, and gio O i O 
i is 10 feet 4 inches. In front (east) o 
0 
o 
is a semi-circular row of holes, m, n, o, ^ 
of which the central hole n is situated "^9 ^ ^9 ^ 
at a distance of 4 feet 7 inches from b. ^ I'-O— y O 
At the back (west) is a similar row of O . ^ O y- 
holes, giving the same distance from Jc 
to h. These holes are all of one diameter (about 8 inches). 
Around all again is shown another row of holes, elliptical 
in outline, of the third or smaller size. Within and near 
the western end is a larger hole, 12 inches in diameter. 
The holes p, n, b,f, h, k, and r are all exactly in line, and 
this line runs east and west. 
