. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ks of ancient art still spread over India to excitethe surprise and admiration of posterity, the Cave Temples of EUora are justly entitledto be deemed extraordinary, even iu a land of wonders; and of these, the one designated Keylas, or the paradise of the gods,^^ is eminently deserving of notice. Tiie mountainrange in which the excavations
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ks of ancient art still spread over India to excitethe surprise and admiration of posterity, the Cave Temples of EUora are justly entitledto be deemed extraordinary, even iu a land of wonders; and of these, the one designated Keylas, or the paradise of the gods,^^ is eminently deserving of notice. Tiie mountainrange in which the excavations we are about to describe occur, takes its name from avillage of the Deccan, near Dowlutabad —a singular hill fortress, and capital of a districtof Central India; and is of an extremely picturesque character, independent of theinterest associated with the partly subterranean and partly isolated temples and palacesit contains, and which are cut from the living rock, and enriched with a variety and•redundance of sculptured ornament that defy any eftorts fully to describe. According to the Brahminical account of the origin of these excavations, 7,894- yearshave elapsed since they were commenced, as a work of pious gratitude, by Eeloo Rajah, ^•^ a.
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