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(8) Kailāsa-tuṅga-śikahra-pratimāni chānyāny-ābhānti dirggha-valabhīni sa-vedikāni। Gāndharvva-śabda-mukharāṇi nivishṭa chitra-karmmāṇi lolakadali-vanaśobhitāni॥ ‘And other long buildings on the roofs of the houses, with arbours in them, are beautiful, being like the lofty summits of (the mountain) Kailāśa; being vocal with songs (like those of the Gandharvas; having pictured representations arranged (in them) ; (and) being adorned with groves of waving plantain trees.’—(Mandasor stone inscrip. of Kumāragupta, lines 6–7, *C. I. I.*, Vol. III, F. G. I., no. 18, pp. 81, 85.)