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selves about the waist of the figure in a close embrace. 
The villagers call this image " the goddess of the fort," but 
make no puja to it. Near the site of the temple mentioned 
above is a projection of rocky surface, across which runs a 
thin vein of white stone. This is called the KattU-rdiji., or 
*' sewed stone," the natives believing that when the fort was 
lost to the gods they placed their treasure in this rock and 
sewed it up. 
Coins are being constantly found here, but I have seen 
none save a few defaced copper specimens. Gold coins are 
also found, but are diflScult to obtain from the finders. 
Some two miles east of the old fort, on the right bank of 
the Vamsadhara river, stands the village of Purroshotta- 
puram. There is an old Saiva temple here in which is an 
inscription in old Telugu characters. In a field near the 
temple stands a very fine linga, called Kdmesvam'Svmm, and 
near by a group of rude stone images. Small gold coins 
similar to those found at Kalingapatam are obtained here. 
About one mile north of the fort, on the west side of the 
high road, is an earthen mound of large size, called Jagatti- 
putta. 
About a mile soiith of the old fort, and on the Chicacole 
road, is a low rocky hill, called Pdndavrda-metta, or " hill of 
the Pandavas." On the surface of the rock forming the 
top of this hill are rock cuttings of a remarkable character 
and, apparently, great age. Numerous other hills in the 
vicinity have similar cuttings. Upon the hill mentioned 
above is also a cromlech of large size. At the eastern 
extremity of the hill is a small cave. 
To the south of this hill, on the east of the high road, is 
a small earthen mound of unknown origin. 
Gdra. — Twelve miles east of Chicacole. In the hamlet 
of Aranjipeta, east of the Kdvila of Bhadra Kali, is an inscrip- 
tion on a stone in old Telugu. 
Ippili. — Five miles south-east of Chicacole. A ling a in 
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