The material of
the pillar is red sandstone. According to Cunningham the total height
is 43 feet. The peculiar double-faced, two-armed image on the summit
does not seem to be intended for Krishna, but I cannot say what the
meaning is (H. F. A., p. 174, fig. 121).
9. During the wars with the Marathas and Pindharis, which ended in
1819.
10. After we left Jubbulpore, the old Rani used to receive much kind
and considerate attention from the Hon. Mrs. Shore, a very amiable
woman, the wife of the Governor-General's representative, the Hon.
Mr. Shore, a very worthy and able member of the Bengal Civil Service.
[W. H. S.] For notice of Mr. Shore, see note at end of Chapter 13.
11. See the author's paper entitled '_History of the Gurha Mundala
Rajas_', in _J. A. S. B_., vol. vi (1837), p. 621, and the article
'Mandla' in _C. P. Gazetteer_ (1870).
12. Kurai is on the route from Sagar to Nasirabad, thirty-one miles
WNW. of the former.
13. The 'Sagar and Nerbudda Territories', comprising the Sagar,
Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Seoni, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Baitul Mandla
Districts, are now under the Local Administration of the Chief
Commissioner of the Central Provinces, established in 1861 by Lord
Canning, who appointed Sir Richard Temple Chief Commissioner.
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