Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s1.1

c8.s1.1

THE village of Balsāne is situated upon the north bank of the Burāi stream, at a distance of about twenty-seven miles in a north-westerly direction from Dhulia in Khāndesh. Near the village there are the remains of nine separate old buildings—eight temples and a *matha* or monastery. In a field, just above the bank of the stream, to the south-east of the village, are three of them; four are on high ground to the east of the village; the *matha* is at a short distance to the north-east of the last group, and there is a small temple in the fields across the river, some distance to the south of the village. Sculptured stones lie about, among which are images of the *panchalinga* and Brahmā, and the only inscription is one over the doorway of the *matha*. (Plates XVI—XXIV and XXVIII).