2. The other bad king discusses with his ministers what to do to raise his empire from decay. Under the pretext of a hunting-party he inspects his neglected country, and then forms a plan to kidnap the young _nâga_ Jammatyitraka from the hands of his thriving neighbour. Now it should be understood that this _nâga_ lives in a pond situated outside the capital of north-_Pantyâla_, and as he knows to dispose of rain the country abounds with excellent produce even during the dry monsoon. Perhaps the brahmin we see before the king, will be the snake-charmer whose crimes we are going to know. 3. This relievo shows us a succession of three events. First of all (to the right) the young _nâga_ kneeled down calls in hunter Halaka’s assistance. In the midst we see the same _nâga_, angrily and most unwillingly rising from his lotus-pond under the brahmin’s formula of exorcism, and in front of the latter’s sacrificial fire; but hunter Halaka kills the conjurer after having compelled him to give up his wicked plan. And to the left may have been hewn the very same brahmin when he shortly before got the king’s secret command to commit this evil. In this case this episode should be exceptionally thought as a preceding one to both the middle-most and first sculpture. 4. The young _nâga’s_ parents make their son’s rescuer splendidly welcome. On this occasion the hunter wears a princely costume which is above his rank (caste), but he appears without his host’s present, the never failing knot. 5. In the Himâlaya. The hunter squats down near the _kinnarî Manoharâ_ he caught with his knot. To the left other _kinnarîs_ are flying over a lotus-pond. To the right we see the ascetic whose words directed the hunter’s arm on his catching the fairy. 6. The hunting Sudhana, crown prince of the northern empire, is just coming on, and the hunter presents him with the kinnarî he caught. Fairy and prince fall in love with one another. 7. The king of the northern empire, Sudhana’s father, discusses with his _purohita_ or private prelate, the traitor in this drama, who tries to persuade the king into charging the prince with the heavy burden to overpower a rebellious vassal against whom no less than 7 expeditions had already failed. 8. The prince bids his mother fare-well, and charges her with the care of his young wife. 9. Sudhana under a tree outside the rebellious town. Vaisyravana, one of the four great deities of this country, sends his general Pântyika with a troop of _yakshas_ to assist him.