This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... another inscription in three lines, of which, however, the first letters are obliterated; still we can make out that it was constructed by "Ayama, the minister of Mahakshatrapa Svami Nahapana."1 Scrambling along the face of a precipice to the south, we reach first a small vihara without cells or carving, then another ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... another inscription in three lines, of which, however, the first letters are obliterated; still we can make out that it was constructed by "Ayama, the minister of Mahakshatrapa Svami Nahapana."1 Scrambling along the face of a precipice to the south, we reach first a small vihara without cells or carving, then another cave (Plate XVIII., fig. 8) with two octagonal pillars in the front of the verandah, and two engaged ones at the ends rising from a bench. The door is 5 feet 10 inches wide, and reaches to the roof of the hall, which has been frescoed. The back of the seat or low screen in front of the verandah is carved outside with the rail ornament; the columns are of the usual Nasik pattern, but without animal figures above: over them the frieze projects considerably, and is carved in the style of Cave IV. at Nasik, --the ends of the rafters projecting on the lower fascia, and the upper being carved with rail pattern. Over this is a recess some 2 or 3 feet deep, with the Chaitya arch over it, but without any carving. 1 The mention of Nahapana is of interest; his date is not fixed with certainty, but probably belongs to the beginning of the second century (ante, p. ). The alphabet of this inscription is evidently of a later date than of several others in the other groups of Junnar caves, and thus far confirms our relegating these caves to the second century of our era, after which time idol worship seems to have crept into Buddhism. The hall is 33 feet deep, and about 12 feet wide; but at the back stands a mass of rock over 8 feet wide by 5 thick, with a squatting figure roughly sketched out on the front of it. This mass is very rotten behind, and at the left side of it is a well of excellent water. The other caves here are small and uninteresting....
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