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Numbers of slabs lie scattered about the ground.
There are no signs of any such covering on the remaining towers.
In each there is a small door and a single apartment. Excavations were commenced beneath these towers by the English government in the hope of making some discoveries which would throw light upon the origin of these buildings; but nothing was found beyond an empty underground vault. There is a lake close by of artificial construction, which is supplied with water from the Ganges by a canal. There is a very singular tradition connected with these towers and the lake.
"In very ancient times three brothers ruled here, who were giants, and had these buildings erected and the lake excavated, and all in one day.
It must, however, be known that a day at that time was equal to two years of modern reckoning.
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