The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c18.117

v2.c18.117

On the higher peak there are ruins of two edifices, one at a height of 500 feet and the other over a thousand feet. The first includes a ruined cave called Hāthi-khāl, or elephant hole, and six figures of Padmapāṇi, each about four feet in height from the knee and having the creed *ye dharma hetu* cut in the Kuṭala character. Near about there are scattered fragments of a great number of statues. The second comprises the ruins of a temple of which the basement alone was found *in situ*. Round about were scattered a great number of carved stones including an inscription in ten lines. The last was removed by Babu Chandrasekhara Banurji and made over to me with a view to decypher it. It comprises about one-fifth of the right side of the record and is so weather-worn that it cannot be read.