"I will now describe the two principal temples erected to the deities of the place. These are now at some distance from the Jumna, though this river once flowed by them. They are of red stone, lofty, and of a conical form. Their surface is divided into a vast number of small regular compartments, very highly sculptured, but in a style that dis¬ plays more labour than taste. The character of the architecture resembles that of the Egyptians, and is rather curious than elegant. The state of these monuments docs not seem to imply an antiquity so great as tradition assigns them. Tin y were perhaps constructed to renew or replace more ancient temoles dilapidated by time or destroyed by the Mahomedan invaders."