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indeed it has any force at all. And the accompanying rough sketch VIII, 
(PI. IV) of some of the Central Indian markings, shewing many permuta¬ 
tions, will assist still further to explain my views, such as they are on the 
subject. 
29. Next as to the possible further significance of some of the mark¬ 
ings. If the remarks in para. 12 et seq. and the rough sketches annexed 
have in any way helped to explain my views, then it will be seen that a 
resemblance exists between the Chandeshwar rock and European markings, 
and the shrines in the temple at the mouth of the Chandeshwar gorge. 
That many of the shrines are of recent construction is evident. It will 
hardly be contested that the last of types 2, 4, and 5 of Plate I, of 
Sir J. Simpson’s book, bear a striking resemblance to the Mahadeo and yoni 
marks on the Chandeshwar shrines. The centre mark would appear to do 
duty for the lings , the circle for the yoni —and the “ gutter” is the depres¬ 
sion to be found on most stone yonis, by means of which the votive libations 
are drained off from the symbols. And here it may be noticed that in 
Mahadeo worship, the offering of flowers, and the pouring of a libation, 
generally of Ganges water, over the symbols is, so far as I have seen, very 
general. Those who have visited Benares will remember the little spoons 
resembling somewhat our Apostle’s spoons, some of them beautifully chased, 
with a figure or cobra at the upper end of the handle, used by pilgrims and 
worshippers at that city in sprinkling the holy water over the Mahadeos 
there. In Ivamaon little niches are to be noticed in Mahadeo temples 
with stone receptacles for holy water, not unlike what are seen in churches 
abroad. And the temple at Baijnath boasts of a large, well-carved figure, 
holding a howl, which the priest informed me held Ganges water, and from 
which pilgrims sprinkle the Mahadeo placed close by. 
30. Then again in connection with the monolith Mahadeos found 
at Chandeshwar, Pandukoli, and Lodh, mentioned in para. 13 et seq., 
it may be worth noticing that circles, and what I will call the “ conven¬ 
tional symbols” of the Mahadeo and yoni, are found on exactly similar 
monoliths in Europe ; take for instance Figs. 2 and 3 of Plate xvn of 
Sir J. Simpson’s work. 
31. In India these monoliths are found in the centre and in proxi¬ 
mity to shrines bearing these markings. Sometimes a circle is found 
cut on them, and again the shape of the place of worship at Pandukoli 
with its double circle of stones, in the centre of the inner of which are 
the Mahadeos, is as nearly as possible exactly that of these conventional 
markings. 
32. If I am not mistaken, this too is the shape of Stonehenge, and 
other remains in Europe in the vicinity of which monoliths similar to 
Indian Mahadeos and bearing incisions similar to the “ conventional 
symbols” are found. It seems then hardly improbable that the ruins in 
