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Show ANCIENT DUDDHIST STATUES. ratathte Men rartlnft I onnil In Imlu lir aenia hll,lren at l'lr. Tlio l'loiicer n( AllahalNid rrortt nn arcliTolofilenl dlaeoicry nf romo Im portmieo at lahetwiu-.lnthH Itiuigimro dktrlct. Momo ehlldrtn, whllo ila)ing among rilint th re, itneartlnil two beautiful proupanf Matuary, cut fnnn tho linnl black lavilllo atono found near (l)n. lloth reprcrcnt iiiilhulug leal deltlea, with featurct ot n (Iravo llnd.llil.tlo ty. The llrt It 2 foot In length by SO Indict hi bniidth, with n depthot Clnehet. It repn-n-nta VMimi ur llnjudeb, tho emblem of tho pro-aertlug pro-aertlug er hi nature. The central llguru tfmidt un a lotus and Itt four liandi grutp n bib. wheel, lutut mid i-nncli On the head It a tiara tlin-o Inehea In In Ight, which, with the earringt, necklace, bract h l.wa;tilnlu and ineritl thrcud, aro n-udenil with n wonderful degreo ot d.lliwy and ttnUli To tho tight and leftttiuid llgun.of lAktml, the goildwt of wealth, nml Barnwatl, who iwtninlrea lenmliig, raililru Indict In lnlKlit. Ibiiind tlio eentrnl groupnro m-iiii minor ilrltlet, annnl wlthliowa and nrrotniid rid lug on linnot mid i repliant. 'I lie . n tabhturo It aurrniiuilcd by a luvid of tho Alohr, known nt .SrMnghii. On the luw It nu hm-rlptlou Mild to lai In tho lAtidta character, n mlxeil form of lleiminglrt mid Tlli) ton. T ho tecolidpli cent en rtlngtitmnller, nml tho norkniandilp. though imod, It not itiml to that ot the other group. It It 111 lurhct high, !U Inehea broad and C deep, an I rcprmtila n I'nuniiiln goddeet. Tho llguro It catrd nu n lotut, nml It four armed. Tho lower left hnnd mpjiortt u Mole Infant, the comuiding right hand hoi It u iwwt im at, mid the twoothcr gmtp brnnchea of In it. Thlt group nlto hat an Inaerlpllun hi IJind.a, whkh, Ituwcu-r,. hat ilcllwl iluelditlon, lloth jji-ei-t of K-ulptiin oroluciecllent pn-M-riatlou, tho tracery lulng aa rh-nr cut at If It had Juit left tho artlnt'a hmid. Ilbloiy and tradition tradi-tion urenl.koallent at to tho origin ot theto eurluut relict, and It will probably prob-ably remain npuulo bow an lucrli-tiou lucrli-tiou In hnatord Tilietan ahould v dla-covr dla-covr red at n unlikely n pju.t. Tho keene-t cxeltemeut wat eauiil by tho dlteoiery muung Urn Hindoo population. Avirt from tho hitrinlo ahio of tho earilngt, which It eon Idernblc, they aro object of won-hlp. llurlntlulrteuiiomryijouni at tho ha-al illeo Untl.iii they wem rlnltiil by i-rowdtnnd tiiiolliiml with twettollt and flower. Varl mt elnlmantt etuno forwanl, mid to mold litigation tho IMrlct ma In thrui out to tho hviil Hindoo rcllgloni aum latlnu. 'I bey haiolHou built Into tho wall ut ono end ot lit hall, wheni they wero hi Hiectod with Inlerent by Meuart llay. ley during I ill U!t to Ilungorc. |