34 N. Dey —Kaltiha Hill in the District of HazaribagTi. [No. 1, 
with vermillion. But the hanging lobe of the ear and the matted top- 
knot on the head and other indications are sufficient to identify it with 
the image of Buddha. This image is not worshipped notwithstanding 
the vermillion paint, and the Pandas told me if I liked I could remove 
it, indicating that they did not care for the image at all. 
From this hill to the opposite side to the plateau, the dry bed of 
the ravine should be crossed. On coming to the slope of the plateau, one 
meets with a small cavern, the circular mouth of which is one cubit in 
diameter and three or four cubits in depth with little or no water in it : 
this is called the Surya-kunda or Patala-Gahga. On the side of it is an 
ima°*e of Buddha. At a short distance from it, there are some figures 
of Buddha grouped together in one place. But it is evident that they 
are not in situ , and all of them are mutilated in some part of the bod}' 
or other. 
At a very short distance higher up on the north-eastern side in the 
sanie tier of the plateau, is a small temple (10 cubits by 10 cubits) 
with a domed top, standing on a rectangular terrace about two cubits in 
height from the ground. The temple faces north and it consists of the 
sanctum only. In the centre of the southern wall, there is a niche 
which contains a broken image of Buddha covered with heaps of small 
stones. The head, the arms and the trunk were broken: the arms 
were missing, but when I joined the head and portions of the trunk to 
the pedestal over which were the hands in the meditative posture upon 
the cross-legs, they made up an entire figure of Buddha. I was given 
to understand that whoever visits this temple throws a stone at the 
image. This is very significant. If it ever be proved that the temples 
and other buildings of the Buddhist period of this place have been 
destroyed,—and the destruction was not brought about by any natural 
causes,—it was certainly owing to Hindu hatred and not to Moslem 
bigotry. 
On the north-west of this temple, there is a brick plinth of an 
oblong building called the Baithak , 27 cubits in length from north to 
south by 10 cubits in breadth from east to west. It was evidently a 
large hall, as I did not find any sign of a partition-wall; but at the 
same time I did not find any indication of cells on any side. 
Higher up on the same plateau but in the upper tier, there are the 
remains of a brick building (12 cubits by 10 cubits), which appeared 
to me to be a temple, which faced west as is clear from the flight of 
steps that led into it, but there was evidently a door also on the 
northern side. Just to the north of this building I found nine mortices 
on the surface of the level rock placed in three rows, indicating that 
there was a wooden frame-work which evidently served as a nave to the 
