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Description and Chronology of Caves
245 The cave is partially open in the front. The front walls are present till the height of 1.1m (Plate 184).
Sculptures
Outside the cave, to the left of the entrance are four figures of seated Jinas. Below these figures are traces of four more Jina figures. This lower row of Jinas is very damaged. All these Jinas are hidden behind the modern structure H.
1. Four standing monks: 0.9m by 1.42m.
Each of the figures measures 0.39m by 0.26m. They stand in kayotsarga mudrā with a broom under the right hand and a kamandalu under the left hand. The head is shown plain, while the ears are long. The srivatsa is not shown. Above these figures is a small figure of seated Jina. It measures 0.16m by 0.16m. Under the figures of monks is a fivelined inscription in Devanagari script of around 14th-15th century CE. It mentions monks of sarasvati gachha, balatkara gana and śri kundkundacharya anvaya and a few individuals such as Chiniyaraja, Viramsena, Pradhanasena, Kanaksena and their wives (Plate 185).
2. Seated Jina: 0.5m by 0.34m.
The Jina figure measures 0.36m by 0.3m. This figure is similar to the Jina figures in G
3. Three vertical rows of seated Jinas: 0.76m by 0.65m.
Each of the rows has two figures of Jinas. Each of the lower Jinas in all the rows measures 0.28m by 0.27m. The upper Jina in right row is 0.13m by 0.13m, that in the central row is 0.2m by 0.21m, while that in the left row is 0.17m by 0.17m. These figures are similar to the aforementioned Jina figures. The upper Jinas do not have the chhatra.
4. and 5. Seated Jina: 0.45m by 0.35m.
Each of the Jina figures measures 0.32m by 0.33m.
6. to 10. Seated Jina-standing monk in vertical row:
Each of the monk figures measures 0.69m by 0.35m. All the Jina figures, except 8, measures 0.28m by 0.3m. The Jina figure 8 measures 0.32m by 0.3m. The Jina figure is absent in the case of 7. The figures of monks are similar to the aforementioned figures. But here instead of a broom, there is an akşamālā held in the right hand.
11 and 12. Seated Jina: 0.44m by 0.31m.
Each of the Jina figures measures 0.35m by 0.3m. These figures are similar to the aforementioned Jina figures.
Above these two figures is an empty niche with a kalasa topped arch. It is 0.6m by 0.33m and 0.19m deep.
