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temple. Behind this building and extending almost up to the eastern 
border of the western range, there is a brick plinth of an oblong build¬ 
ing called the Scibha-Baithak , which is 58 cubits in length by 18 cubits 
in breadth. I could not find here also any vestige within of a partition 
wall or cells on any side. At a distance of about 50 eubits to the 
north-east of the Sabha-Baithak there are the remains of another oblono* 
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plinth, 21 cubits by 12 cubits. The whole of this upper tier is called 
Mnrud-Mdruz , Within the space enclosed by the mortices, there are 
several lines of an inscription engraved on the surface of the rock in 
Sanskrit, but so much obliterated by exposure as to have become nearly 
illegible. But it is clear that the commencing word is “ Samvat,” 
though I could not make out the date. It is said that at this place 
Virata’s daughter Uttara was married. 
To the north of the Mdrud-Marut and at the nortli-eastein corner 
of this range which I have called the western range of the valley, there 
is a precipitous rock which sharply rises against the sky. This is 
Called the Akdgalocana: it is the highest peak in the whole range. 
In the central part of the Akdgalocana , there are 10 seated figures of 
Buddha carved in one place on the rock ; each figure has got the figure 
of a woman on either side with chowry in hand. There are inscriptions 
in Sanskrit on the top of this row of figures, and I think some of the 
letters are fairly legible, aud I could read some of them, though I could 
not make out any sense from them: a competent antiquarian, however, 
would I suppose be able to decipher them. Immediately below 
this row, there is a row of carved animals as elephants, horses and 
lions. A little further on there are five seated figures of Dhyani Buddhas 
and five standing figures of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas carved in another 
place on the rock in one row, and there are inscriptions above and 
below the standing figures and between them, I could make out the 
figures “ 22 ” though I could not read the two preceding figures after 
the word “ Samvat.” Below this row, there are figures of animals as 
above described in one row: 
I am quite sure that a competent antiquarian would yet be able to 
make out the dates of these inscriptions from the inscriptions them¬ 
selves, though many of the letters have worn off and become illegible. 
I could not, on account of my weak health, get upon the top of this 
hill ( Akagalocana ), but I have been told by those who have visited the 
peak that a little further up from the rows of figures above described, 
there are the remains of a brick chamber 18 cubits in length by 12 
cubits in breadth, the bricks of which are of very large size. If this be 
so, there can be no doubt about the antiquity of the place. On the top 
of this hill beyond a narrow perpendicular fissure which has severed the 
