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Do-tali.

DO-TALI.

‘Plate XXI. Plans G.’

‘Do-tali’, or the temple of two stories, is also known by the names of ‘Bharata’ and ‘Chitragun’, brothers of ‘Rama-chandra’: they are by the ‘Brahmans’ account the principal figures in this place, and to whom the temple is dedicated: it is marked by No. 12, at the junction of the second and third plates of the general view. The entrance, No. 1, is spacious. 2, the area. 3, a small recess with an altar, but without an idol. 4, the veranda, formerly entered from the stair-case, 5, which leads up from a story still lower, the dimensions of which could not be ascertained, as it is nearly choked up with earth; this originally was a temple of three stories. 6, the stair-case leading up to what is now called, the second floor. 7, a recess with several small figures. 8, the ‘Deva’s’ apartment, in which there is a large figure of ‘adinatha’ with attendants. 9, contains six small figures sitting, and four flying. 10, a small room without sculpture. 11, a recess with eight figures; large as life, and two small flying figures.

The second floor of ‘Do-tali’ is entered at No. 1. 2, the veranda. 3, niches with sitting figures. 4,4, masses of rock unwrought, which darken this apartment very much. 5, the recess of the idol, containing ‘adinatha’ and his attendants. 6, a recess with figures like the former. 7, leads down to a lower apartment; the large figures of this temple are well executed; but the smaller ones, of which there are not less than ninety on these walls, are done very rudely, as the greater part of this excavation appears to be, excepting the pillars of the upper front veranda, which are ornamented and very neatly finished. The height of this excavation in no part exceeds ten feet.