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AN EARLY HISTORY OF ORISSA
View of a low platform with arms, big enough to accommodate about 8 seated people in two rows. At either ends were carved small lions in high relief but traces of one of them on the left are found. Probably meant for the most honoured saint during a religious sermon.
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MUSICIAN'S CAVE-General view.
It consists of two separate cells each with a verandah in front facing south. The peculiar brackets supporting the short concave chhajja are noteworthy.
18. CHHOTA HATHĪGUMPHA-General view.
It is a small cell measuring 6′ 5′′ × 5′ 2′′ × 4′ with one door facing south-west. Over the doorway is an arch springing from the side pilasters and on either side of it is an elephant-frieze, from which the cave evidently derives its name.
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19. CHHOTA HĀTHĪGUMPHA-View of the pilaster on the right hand side.
Three elephants are seen approaching from a forest represented by a single well-carved tree, one of the animals carries a branch of a tree in its upraised trunk. Below the frieze is carved a balustrade or railing and the arch-form is decorated with flowers.
ALKĀPURI CAVE-General view.
It is a two storeyed excavation consisting of a single oblong room in each storey, much damaged, repaired in recent years,
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