ISO JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
stones in the wall. These stones were covered 
with a black shining varnish, with the excep¬ 
tion of the character, which was very distinct. 
This, like all but the last mentioned, was Pali. 
We had first imagined the stone to be black 
marble, but on examination it proved to be 
only sandstone shining from the recent var¬ 
nish. 
After quitting this temple, we came acci¬ 
dentally to a small ruinous one, not distin¬ 
guished by any particular name. It consisted 
of a single arched chamber. Here alone the 
doorway, instead of being arched as in the rest 
of the temples, was formed of blocks of free¬ 
stone, both lintel and posts being composed of 
this material. Here I was a good deal sur¬ 
prised to discover decided evidence of the Brail- 
mini cal religion. In niches, on the outer side 
of the wall, were several small figures in sand¬ 
stone, which were generally too much mutilated 
to be easily identified. One, however, was evi¬ 
dently Hanuman, the monkey general of Rama, 
Within the chamber were two good images in 
sandstone, and sculptured in high relief. One 
of these was Vishnu, or Krishna, sitting on his 
garuda ; and the other Siwa, the destroying 
power, with his trisula , or trident, in one hand, 
and a mallet in the other. They were lying 
