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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
PLATEI 1. DHAULI ELEPHANT--Forepart.
It is in the round and is well-modelled, about 4 feet in height and is hewn out of the solid rock.
Believed to be belonging to the Asokan period. 2. MONOLITHIC PILLARS-Standing in the centre of the Sisupalgarh fort near Bhuvaneswar.
These are 16 in mumber. Made of laterite. Average height is 14–15 ft. Top and bottom are cubical and 21 ft. square, top 2-3 ft. and bottom 4-5 st. long. The central part is octagonal or 16 faceted. Across the top, the pillars have a socket obviously to hold super-imposed beams or coping. Tów pillars are however circular in section. These probably represent a pillared hall during the period of Khāravela.
The Sisupalgarh fort has been identified with Kulinganagar of Khāravela's time. 3. MONOLITHIC PILLARS-Lengthwise vicw. 4. RANI GUMPHA-General view.
This is the largest and the most richly carved of all caves on tlie Khandagiri. It is a two-storeyed
excavation. 5. RANI GUMPHĀ-Lower storey, right wing.
View of the left spandril between arches of the door ways in the room beyond the verandah.
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