12 ANTIQUITIES.
Aftcr repeated vis i^ to^e .glace, I am perfectly.clear,' that the temples
& | J^ dnSm . o r ig in a l ly .c ^ ed, of . twenty separate i buildings, besides
the H gateway.;- that of these,gsixilarge and .two small temples
w<p yythinthe second Wally'and twekesnjall ones,. exactly^similar, to each
pther, ,formed ^kindjof Square aboyt ^he,.exterior,]of‘the inner wall. The
first templetthat igqcjys j0n entering, ;V th e small/central,one 'on 'the -right
hand of the present pathway and thoughit^pof is gone; a R H § 9
ful terrace appears, which supposed the Smiling,!hd measure! tw ln ty S e !
feet srx* inches bf^twenty-two'-feiei ten IfichH.1, /Ppr^6nPth(eVheight' of ‘it
is barely-three-feet a'nd a bailfri' 'Tfig Idvfer part'contains'fiVe'^mall wMstori
either- side, profus'ely• dedofate'd and1 resting'. oh :sm'al'lf;pilast‘ers,Leach rifclte
occupied by a lion,1 seated' exafetl^ similar^t^'tBijse/
phant’s mouth. The-intervals Between tligpMlg^ are very neatQ'^feif^Hlif
diminutive pilasters and other ornaments, displaying- teal taste' 'and r'ikilF"
which1 again^shpport a,double-fillet pfejectirig^aTfround'. Orfe^t4W‘ most
beautifully, with a-rahning festboned'beading/'^ithdntdrm'e&atl'Ifrip^Vfid
pendents,- each fegfoon filed With a litmlyi'feprdseritatioh of a'peMftkll^
with expanded Wings'-the bfher’ fillet with a fancy patterh B M M jH i
On the opposite, or’-Wth side] Was A- buildirigrsirmlar i'd lK is fh u S^ 'a *'
mound of stone. '
The'largest temple, apparently about ninfty
mass of ruin, as well-as Jfhe: five- otheriponpeeteff with5 it|%u{ itMending^’'
it's northern face*- over a -vas£ heap" cifkone's'fallen1 from an^^e^th®^
tefnple,' at the ’ height 'of about thirty feet y oft"reachiLth,i 9i^f1;|^e!
whole is of hewn stones,J' fitted and'iriok'ieed
bish of "cement ’df any kind.'-'f % e c fl^ iff frorit o f ‘t i e ^ o } m / ^ d | r| ;^
image of Lfoo ymgran.* I had- previously a ylly similar? apcf^f'
think a more beautiful representation of Z»e»i, as the Bramin called it, in
the village of KiMtran, about fifteetymiles _north-e^|t/from Brambdnan. ■
The image . o f LmdjJangran here has exactly the same and
accompaniments as that foupd at Kiwiran, but it is larger,St, at all
damaged, perfectly smooth, and with a polished .surface : the buffalo is entirely
recumbent; the character, of the- countenance, general figure, and
attitudes are very different, and the shape, attitude, and visage of the
goddess far less elegant and feminine. The figure at Brcinibdnan is six
^ feet
* See plate.of subjects in stone found in the central districts of Java, nI tS.,"
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