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cloth round his loins, has a tail cocked up close along the 
back as far as the neck, wears a neeklace of twisted rope or 
rattan, from which is'suspended an ornament which dangles 
on his breast; in his left hand he holds a round ball, the 
upper part of which is broken off; the mouth is open and 
shows eye or dog teeth ; there is a row of curls round the 
forehead passing behind the ears, but the head is otherwise 
smooth. There is also the figure of a peacock seen end on in 
front. The wings are spread out and the tail stands erect 
behind the head, with which it is in contact; the beak has 
been broken off, but the topping or crest is still perfect. 
Two or three small nandis or bulls couchant are here, the 
largest of which, a couple of feet long, has lost both his 
hump and horns but is otherwise perfect. There is also a 
naga’s head and a few others of less note. 
'i hough Blitar is still a wilderness, and a few years ago 
was even more desolate than at present, yet from the nu¬ 
merous remains of buildings and antiquities which it contains, 
there can be no doubt that at some former period it was the 
abode of a numerous and stirring population. Had they 
not, however, left these monuments behind them, their very 
existence might have hardly ever been suspected. From 
what remains, however, there can be no doubt that the 
Hindus were the prime movers in the civilization which 
then existed, and that those Hindus were of the Braminical 
persuasion, as is attested by the images left. From what 
part of India these people came, or what was the amount of 
political power which they possessed, it appears now 
impossible to say: whether that footing was gained in 
consequence of the connexion of the children of Dewa Ka- 
suma with India, and thus that the strangers were admitted 
as friends and allies, or that the story is <c a fiction invented 
by national vanity, for the purpose of concealing from pos¬ 
terity the successful invasion of foreign adventurers”—is a 
matter which I will not undertake to determine nor even 
speculate upon. That the influence of these strangers was 
considerable and exercised at an early period, is evident 
from their having given Sanscrit names to some of the most 
stupendous and conspicuous mountains of this part of the 
island, thereby assigning a local situation to many of the 
objects of Hindu mythology or romance. Thus we. find 
mounts Arjon, Indrokilo, Indorowate, Semai, and Kawi on 
one range, whilst Bromo and Semero are within sight on 
another. In addition to the derivation, which has been 
attempted of Panataran, it may be worth while to notice. 
