Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c10.s2.11

c10.s2.11

The portion of a pillar bearing an inscription, mentioned in the *Indian Antiquary*,¹ is in the old *kacheri* enclosure before the Subordinate Judge's court. The letters are almost entirely obliterated. Above the writing are represented the sun and the moon. The stone, which is a pilaster, does not appear to have belonged to this temple. Mr. Sinclair, writing of this temple, said, “unfortunately the front porch has been restored, by some pious blockhead in the Saracenic style of a handsome modern temple in the village, so that it is not available for purposes of comparison. More than that the Vandal threw away the ruins of the old porch, on one of which was a long Sanskrit inscription observed, but not copied, by Dr. Gibson twenty-five years ago. After long search I found that the fragment, on which it was, had been turned face-up under a *nim* tree, and used as a seat by the idlers of the village, who had with their barbarous hinder parts obliterated the inscription (never very deep or clear cut) beyond all hope of transcription or estampage, though it is possible that a competent Sanskrit scholar, with time and the stone before him, might decipher a few words.”