Book Title: Chronology of Gujarat
Author(s): M R Majumdar
Publisher: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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________________ ADDENDA 315 Page 93 : Add Khambhâlidā Caves ; Buddhist Caves in District Madhya Sau"âştra : Sri P. P. Pandya discovered groups of Buddhist caves at Khambhāliņā, carved in the banks of a stream, meeting the Bhādar river, four miles up-stream from Jetpur. These are ascribed, on grounds of the sculptural style, to the Third-fourth Century A.D. There are five groups of caves : the first group consists of seven caves of varied dimensions which were probably meant for the Bhikşus, as resting places. The second group seems to be the most important : it consists of three caves, the central one of which was the Caitya-hall, flanked by large sculptures, representing the Bodhisattvas, Padmapāņi Avalokitesvara on the left and Vajrapāņi on the right, showing devotees under the shelter of trees, and having a worn-out Stūpa at its apsidal end. The third group is totally hidden under heaps of stones and earth. The fourth one consists of three small caves on the left bank, while the fifth one comprises of a single cell on the right bank up-stream.-(Indian Archaeology-A Review : 1958-59, p. 70.) An Inscription on terracotta flesh-rubber pot-sherd, excavated from Prabhāsa Pāțan Excavations in 1956-57 is deciphered by the late P. P. Pandya as Z A Hg full-( See, P. 94, Supra). The fragmentary Rajkot Museum Stone-Inscription of the Kșatrapa period, was first noticed by the late P. P. Pandya in 1959. An estampage of the same was kindly supplied by Shri J. M. Nanavati, Officiating Government Archaeologist, Gujarat State. This has been read by Dr. H. G. Shastri as under :(?) [1]T HET47969...... 74.........7 (?) ...... .............. # 9754 (3) ......... la..........F# E T'F....... Excepting the words Rājño Mahākṣatrapasya, nothing can be made out. Antiquities : Kșatrapa Period: Impressions, received from the Director of Archaeology, Baroda, under Bombay State, Baroda District : Findspot, Amreli’: were deciphered and printed in the Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy for 1953-54, published in 1960: as under : Page 94 : Line 4: P. 94: Line 19: Page 95: Antiquities : Jain Education Intemational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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