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 CHAP. III. KAILAS, ELURA. 347 defaced (Woodcut No. 202). They are 49 feet high, inclusive of the trident on the top and of very elegant proportions. 1 Their analogy to the lion pillars of the Buddhists (Woodcut No. 7) and the Chaumukh pillars of the Jains must be at once recognised, each bearing a symbol of the creed. In the south of India, among the Jains, as mentioned in a later chapter, such pillars are very common, usually standing 203. Dipclan in Dharwar. (From a Photograph.) singly in front of the temples, and were apparently intended to carry quadruple figures of Tirthankaras known as Chaumukhs. They generally consist of a single block of granite, square at base, changing to an octagon, and again to a figure of sixteen 1 There must have been an inscription just above the base of this one, but it has long since disappeared. For a fuller account of KailSs and its accessories see ' The Cave Temples of India,' pp. 448- 462, and plates 80-84 > aR d ' Archaeo- logical Survey of estern India,' vol. v. pp. 26-37, and plates i, 4, 24-31.