The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.92

v2.c16.92

A little beyond the northern projection of the verandah, there is a hollow flight of steps reaching to the upper storey, which is an exact counterpart of the lower floor except that on the east side, there is only one room running along the whole length of the verandah, and having three doors, and the side room has, in the middle of the western wall, a window of a much larger size than any that I have seen on this hill. The dimensions of the eastern room are 22' x 6' 6", that of the southern room 9' x 6", both average, and that of the verandah 24' x 3" feet. The doors measure 3½ feet by 2, and have the usual side pilasters and semicircular arched bands, but no frieze. The verandah had a range of four detached and two attached pillars, of which the last only are now visible. On the architrave on the top of the verandah, there was a frieze of angels, elephants, devotees, the *bo* tree, the wheel of law, &c., but they are hardly distinguishable now,