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[No. 2, 
Antiquities of Jajpiir in Orisa. 
the imagination it presents the very pieture of starvation and famine, 
not wholly unlike that unholy demon who lately scoured through 
the country. 
The two other figures which stood in the same group with the 
above are the Bdrahi and Indrdni. The Bdrdhi is a female figure 
with the head of a boar and a huge round belly. The Indrani, or 
Queen of Indra, is a well-proportioned female figure. The wrists, 
arms, and breasts of both are decorated with ornaments. The foot 
of the former rests on a buffalo, and that of the latter on the head 
of an elephant, as if in illustration of the saying 11 the gods have 
their carriers according to their worth.” 
Next to these may be mentioned the elegant column called the 
‘ Sabha stambha which is still standing. It is built of blue 
chlorite. There was an inscription on a slab at the foot of the 
shaft which appears to have been cut away. It is said that a 
Sannyashi destroyed the slab to take the treasure which was 
concealed behind it, a hole being still observable in the mid¬ 
dle of the pedestal and beneath the shaft. The total height 
of the column is 36 feet 10 inches; the shaft—a monolith—being 
29 feet, 9 inches. The shaft appears fluted, but the appearance 
is due to the circumstance of its being a polygon of 16 sides, each 
of which is slightly channelled; the capital is ornamented with fes¬ 
toons composed of grotesque faces of lions and bead drops. The 
cornice has the appearance of a large lotus. What has been 
said of a higher and more famous pillar may not inappropriately 
be applied to this 1 stambha.’ “ The spectator can never be 
tired with admiring the beauty of its ornamented capital, the length 
of the shaft, or the extraordinary simplicity of the pedestal.” 
Perhaps the most ancient relic of antiquity in the town is the 
JDasasvamedha Ghat , where the sacrifice of ten horses is said to have 
been performed. The flight of steps is now a rough mass of stone 
worn out by the constant tread of human feet. On both sides 
of the steps there is the ruin of an old rivetment which shows 
that the Baitarani, which is now a bed of sand, once flowed by 
them. In the rivetment there is a spout turned into the head of 
a large alligator, which was evidently used as an anchorage to 
fasten boats. On two sides of the ghat there are the face of 
