No. 63.— 1910.] 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
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Devdles. 
Furthest north are the remains of a pair of Hindu fanes. 
The larger of the two showed the famiUar plan of a devale 
containing thi'ee apartments, a front hall, vestibule, and the inner- 
most chamber. The bottom of the walls alone survives. The 
argha slab (its lingam is- missing), unearthed in the middle of the 
adytum, fixes the cult as that of Siva. 
The other ruin is no more than a small chamber, walled by well- 
dressed granite slabs, with a pilla (spout) projecting. It once 
formed the sanctuary of some kovil, of which nothing more 
exists at this day. 
Ddgdba. 
South of these Hindu shrines a jungle-covered mound about 
20 ft. in height was opened late in the season. This finally gave 
proof of having once served as a dagaba. The hatares kotuwa 
(square tee) has wholly disappeared, but a large portion of the 
tapering kota, or pinnacle, with 23 of its concentric rings intact, 
was unearthed on the slope of the mound where it must have 
fallen when the dagaba was destroyed centm-ies ago. 
The dagaba was apparently somewhat over 50 ft. in diameter, 
and touched tangentially at the cardinal points a square stereobate. 
Faint outlines of an outer mahiwa about 80 ft. square are traceable. 
It is not surprising to find that this dagaba, like the smaller 
one near the North Gate of the City, had not esct^ped rifling by 
Southern Indian aliens. 
A breach had been made into the toj) of the bell to a depth of 
nearly 12 ft., uncovering two cellas. In the first a series of stone 
pillar-slabs (including the " Indra-kUa ") were found faUen into the 
relic chamber, owing to the breach. This topmost cella had been 
quite denuded of all its contents save a single coin of Sahasa Malla 
(1200-1202 A.D.) 
Following the breach lower down, about half of a brick yantra 
receptacle was unearthed, with 16 (of the full 25) partitions 
imbroken. The rest had evidently been destroyed and their 
contents appropriated. 
From the surviving divisions an extraordinarily varied set of 
miniature bronzes — gods, animals, reptiles, and implements — ^were 
taken out. 
To ascertain the sectional construction of the dagaba, it was 
decided to sink a shaft below these breached relic chambers 
down to ground level. A further series of most interesting archse- 
ological articles came to light at different depths. 
Below the broken yantra receptacle — doubtless the bottom of 
the second cella — a third cella, in size a cube of 3 ft., was struck. 
This contained the most important " find " of all — a squared 
pedestal of limestone (1 ft. 8 in. by 9| in.), with seven horizontal 
ribs (probably to represent Mount Maha Meru) and splayed at top 
pyramidically. This pedestal (of which three sides respectively 
still show traces of red, yellow, and white colouring — with 
blue, red, yellow, and white on the fourth side and top) stood 
on three small detaclied supports as tripod. It was crowned 
