Th,e tipper story of cbmiee.'is'constructed" with greater delicacy than the
building .generally;-} We>were.not'.able, to ascertain, whethér- there- tvas any
chamber, .within, and the-.ppint; cannot, be, .decided/.without; material.-injury to
the edi^qe,; The, eastern side seems tp have suffered most frormthe effects of
time.
,, Upon the ground on each side o f the ascent is a large ston^ip. thq:çhape
of a tortoise, measuring not less than eight feet in length; the baok.-flat,
but the head, well executed, a A little advanced in-front there is a third of
the same description. ;
. ..Nwr these* on. the south side of the. entrance, stand the remains of -two
temples, in .one of which we discovered the ashes pfnfire recently kindled.
The natives who, attended informed us that the peasantry qf the neighbour»
ing villages were still in the habit ' of burning incense.and .kindling fLre.jn
this temple, and that w h en c e / , suffered .under oi^dgeadedany misfortunei
they made..an offering. o f this nature in the hope. o f . averting .it^ .vThe
buildingis about seven feet ; square, and on all ,'Sidés^yarious.imag#?. are
sculptured on.it. I
.^fThe other building, which is still fin'ther. south,;.has,a terraep. in the
eentre, the steps ascending to which are still» perfect. Jlhp^building
appears tq retain nothing of its original pyramidal-form, ^except at thg,sQjItha
east corner...
On different' sides of this pile of ;bui]ding w.e. nqtic^jtwqpipacriptipns^
each consisting of,/out-characters. . As„ -they, bothjagrjgd with; vagggus other
inscriptions in this neighbourhood, except in, the last character,,which was
different in all, we concluded, that Jtheyj were, dates. ' Tp.jjg^jipsth
principal building, and almost fpqntiguous.-, tqjift ^s;an ojqfoggu^tr^çljurg,,
running east, and west. On this there has ,evidepriy,beenua<.]^w .terrace,
with à raised wall at the back. ; On -the upper, par-t:pf, this tqngce,, and near
the principal building, is a raised platform, Jrom yhiph rises an obelisk^
somewhat similar to that noticed ,in the south, but .^ f , a mu-dj (jarger,
base, and ornamented with various devices on all sid.es.- The spiral, tpp ,is
incomplete. Resting inclined upon the west front of theqhe^sg, is a statue,
abopt four feet high and three feet broad.*
On each, side .of the terrace, .which is narrow and long, we observed, both
above and below, various de vices, cut in relief;, also a stqne vase for containing
water, respecting which a tradition runs,. that it could never be
t , empty..
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tm"
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discovered at Kediri and farther east.