2286673Oriental Scenery — Fifth Series, Plate 4Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. IV.

THE PORTICO OF AN EXCAVATED TEMPLE ON THE ISLAND OF SALSETTE.

This Temple is about one hundred and thirty-seven feet in length, thirty-nine feet in width, and thirty-six feet in height, the whole cut out of the natural rock. The large figure at the end of the portico is twenty-two feet in height, and evidently represents the idol Boodha. A figure nearly of the same design and dimensions is sculptured on the opposite wall.

There are several female figures in basso-relievo in the portico, a circumstance very unusual in the Bhood temples.

The Portico of an excavated Temple on the Island of Salsette.