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कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
portion of the column that the inscription is found. The accompanying sketch which I have attempted will serve to give an idea of the appearance of the column. The base portion on the western side has a naked male figure in relief carved on it, two females kneel at his feet and behind him is a snake coiled, gifted with seven heads which form a sort of canopy over the hero or god. On each aspect of the square portion of the column at the upper end is also a figure in relief, and the whole is topped by a metal spike, on which most probably was fixed a lion or Singh, but that has disappeared; not a fragment even remaining as evidence of its former existence.
All these objects (Pillar 5 miles south-east Kuhon & stone images at Serga) have ceased to attract much respect or even to excite much interest, and seem the remains of a people or of a religion that has passed away. Though taking somewhat lively interest in remains of this sort, it has been by accident that those of which I have given this notice have come under my observation. I had been encamped at Bhagalpur several times, and for days together before I heard of the pillar at that village, and, in consequence, of the more entire one at Kuhaon. It is not indeed easily found, being situated in a small mango tope and close by one of the trees. That at Kuhaon stands isolated and is a conspicuous object to the passing traveler from every side.
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Note on the above inscription from Gorakhpur, by J.P.
The Kuhaon inscription is however of a much more interesting character. (in comparison of inscription on column at Bhagalpur) Perceiving from the copy which accompanied by the above note, that it was in the Chandra Gupta (or for
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