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ing in tlie privacy essential to the priest in the performance of the 
sacrifice, which is ordinarily performed with closed door. But this 
privacy might have been obtained by putting up a purdah, or screen ; 
an expedient of which we have a notable instance in the veiling off 
of the sanctuary of the tabernacle with a curtain or veil. 
H. and J. These portions were so much split up and worn away 
that I cannot well conjecture to what uses they could possibly have 
been put. I, however, hazard the suggestion that, from having 
been, to all appearances, plain surfaces raised but a foot or two 
above the floor, they were used as sleeping places by the priests and 
servants of the temple. 
Iv. and L. Porches. The Porch K has a low parapet on three 
sides for the purpose of keeping out the water that would wash 
past it on its way to the channel at M. The Porch L has a raised 
floor, and a rock-cut bench between the two pillars at the back. 
M. An outlet for the water that would necessarily collect in the 
courts and passages after any rainfall; the outlet being connected 
with an excavated drain, which, at a distance of 4 or 5 paces from 
the temple, branches off both to the right and left, and discharges 
its contents into either the nallah or river, according to the channel 
it takes. These drains were probably covered over so as to effect 
the more rapid discharge of the temple drainage. 
N. Pemains of some large image which has been injured be¬ 
yond identification. 
O. Pemains of a large image of Ganesh. 
P. Sculptured figures, said to be images of Yishnu. 
.*. The scriptures N, 0, and P, are all cut out on the rock wall 
in relief. 
On slabs of stone lying here and there within the temple were 
sculptured images which were known to the most intelligent Hin¬ 
dus in my own camp and the camps of the native chiefs in attendance 
on me, as representations of the following deities : 
Durga, . One image. 
Mahadeo, with serpent and trident, .... Two images. 
Durga riding in 5 different fashions, .. j ^ 
Durga riding on a lion with spear in hand, One image. 
