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J. M. Foster —The Temple of Jaysagar, Upper A'sam. [No. 4, 
worship of Vishnu, one of the smaller to Siva or Mahadeb, and the other to 
Durga. The famous works of Rudra Singh’s life are, the Matakat Rung- 
pore, Joysaugor Dhol Pookrie, Rungonath Dliol Pookrie, Phakooah Dhol, 
Namdang Heel Sanko, Damoru duo heel Sanko, Kerkooteab Allee, Doo- 
berownee Allee, and Matakaroo Allee.” 
To quote Robinson again, p. 276. “The remains of temples and public 
buildings, which are so often met within various parts of the country, testify 
that the Asamese had once made considerable progress in sculpture. Their 
productions are, however, not merely void of attraction, they are unnatural 
and not unfrequently offensive and disgusting.” The latter part of this 
paragraph is hardly correct with regard to Jaysagar, only one of the designs 
being unfit for publication, and that is one of the incarnations of Vishnu in 
which a boar plays a prominent part. The stone body of the temple is 
literally covered with very fair specimens of sculpture, the designs and their 
details being in some instances wonderfully fine and artistic ; not an avail¬ 
able inch of surface is left undecorated, and the frieze of hunting scenes in 
the basement is for the most part extremely accurate and life-like. 
The body of the building, about twenty-two feet high, supporting the 
dome, is built of sandstone and carries twelve pinnacles ; the dome is of brick- 
tiles, covered with stucco, which is ornamented by being divided into an 
immense number of sunk panels, each having a rose in its centre, and is about 
thirty feet high ; and the superstructure of brick, somewhat mutilated, built 
around an iron centre rod, makes the total height about sixty-five feet 
above the ground. The bund underneath the temple is composed of large 
sandstone boulders. These with the stone used in building the temple were 
probably brought from about Sadiya by boat, and landed opposite Rang- 
pur ; for there is a good ancient road leading from the Dikko River at that 
point to the Jaysagar tank. The sculptured slabs are very neatly let into 
into the wall and with their surrounding frames are mostly crowded with 
diaper work and minute carved tracery. The building is octagonal, the 
four sides facing the cardinal points of the compass are each twenty 
feet broad, the other four sides have recessed angles. At its west end are 
two entrance rooms; from the centre one seven steps lead down through a 
fine stone doorway into the grand room of the temple, which is quite dark 
and has probably a subterranean chamber as water could be heard running 
underneath the floor. This room is twenty-three feet across and devoid of 
ornament excepting the niches; the stone work, as on the outside, reaches 
up to the foot of the dome which, being devoid of stone, shews the brickwork 
to the top, the height appearing immense when viewed by magnesium 
light, although it cannot exceed fifty feet. 
All the other buildings are composed of brick tiles, have curved roofs, 
covered with stucco, generally stone doorways, and in two cases having 
