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Description and Chronology of Caves Hall: On the right front wall of the hall are two seated Jinas.
On the right sidewall were reported two rows of figures. The first row had seven seated Jinas on lion thrones with a wheel in front. In the second row were six seated figures. Between the second and the third Jinas, a female was standing on a bracket. But now there are seven seated Jinas in the first row. The lion thrones are not clear. The second row consists of eight standing Jinas. The female figure is gone.
The right back wall was reported to have two rows of figures. The first row had a small, seated Jina, three standing Jinas and a four-armed seated female. The second row had a small seated Jina, a corpulent male seated on an elephant under a tree holding a mango and a bag in the right and the left hands respectively (Sarvänubhuti). seated Parsvanātha, a male and a female standing under a tree, two seated Jinas and a seated Jina under them. All the figures of the first row are present, while all the figures of the econd row are gone, instead there is a standing figure of Jina. Flanking the shrine door was reported an unfinished female figure, below which was a standing dvärapala with one hand in abhaya and other holding a mace. At present, the 'unfinished' female figure is finished.
On the left back wall were reported two rows of figures. The first row had four Jinas seated on lion thrones with one or more attendants. In the second row were ten large and small figures of Jinas. To the right of this was a large unfinished figure of a Jina. The figures of the first row are present. In the second row all the figures are gone, instead there are three standing Jinas.
The left sidewall of the hall was reported to have two rows. The first row had two-seated Jina, a standing Jina, four seated Jinas, a female seated on a lion under a tree with a child on her lap (Ambikā). The first part of the wall in the second row was bare after which there was a large seated Jina, two small ones, a male and a female under a tree with a seated figure of Jina. All the figures of the first row are present. The only change in the second row is that the bare part of the wall now has three standing Jinas (Fig. 43).
4. Seated Jina: 0.7m by 0.44m
The Jina figure measures 0.43m by 0.35m. He is seated in padmāsana. The throne is destroyed. There is a plain throne back. The hair of Jina is shown in dots. Behind the head is a halo. Above his head is a mass of rock left for carving a triple chhatra.
5. Seated Jina: 0.65m by 0.36m.
The Jina figure measures 0.42m by 0.36m. This figure is similar to the aforementioned figure. But here the triple chhatra is present.
6. Seated Jina: 0.6m by 0.38m.
The Jina figure measures 0.38m by 0.38m. He is seated in padmāsana with a halo and a triple chhatra. There is a plain throne back.
7. Seated Jina: 0.65m by 0.38m.
The Jina figure measures 0.4m by 0.38m. This figure is similar to the aforementioned figure.
