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Description and Chronology of Caves
249 hand is held a child, seated in her lap. To her right is a standing figure of another child. Her face is damaged. The hair is tied in a bun above the head. She wears earringss, necklace and an lower garment. Above her head is shown a tree. Over the tree is a small figure of seated Jina, 0.06m by 0.05m (Plate 186).
To the east of the cave is a water cistern. There are no other caves, but rows of icons carved on rock-face.
K: around 4.6m by 0.95m. It is a panel of icons carved directly on the rock face. It faces north. The figures are carved at the height of around 2m from the base of the peak. There are twenty figures of seated Jinas in two rows. Each row has ten figures. The Jina figures are as other Jina figures, placed in similar niches. Each of the niches measures 0.5m by 0.3m, while each of the Jina figures measures around 0.35m by 0.3m. First six Jinas, from the east in the lower row have triple chhatras. Other four Jinas in the same row has a double chhatra, while the rest of the Jinas do not have chhatra (Plate 187).
L: around 7.5m by Im. It is similar to K, facing northeast. It is carved at the height of around 1.7m from the base of the peak. There are thirty-three figures of seated Jinas, carved in two rows. The upper row has fifteen figures, while the lower row has eighteen figures. Starting from the eastern end, first five Jinas in the upper row are damaged, the next three have almost disappeared and the fifth to the seventh Jinas in the lower row are quite damaged. These figures are similar to the other Jina figures. Each of the niches measures 0.5m by 0.4m, while each of the Jina figures measures 0.3m by 0.35m.
M: 4.7m by 0.9m. This northeast facing panel is carved at the height of 1.3m from the base of the peak and has nineteen figures of seated Jinas. The upper row has nine figures, while the lower row has ten figures. Starting from the east, the second, third and ninth Jinas in the upper row are damaged. The rest of the figures are as other Jina figures. Each of the niches measures 0.5m by 0.37m, while each of the Jina figures measures 0.35m by 0.3m.
N: 3.6m by 0.5m. This panel faces the east is carved at the height of around 0.8m from the base of the peak. There are nine figures of seated Jinas. All the figures are highly damaged. Each of the niches measures 0.47m by 0.46m, while the Jina figure measures 0.4m by 0.38m.
0: 6.6m by 0.5m. This east-facing panel is carved at the height of around 0.9m from the base of the peak. There are thirteen figures of seated Jinas. Starting from the south, the second and fourth figures are very damaged. There is a distance of around 2m between the first three Jinas and the rest of the Jinas. Each of the niches measures 0.47m by 0.34m, while the Jina figure measures 0.34m by 0.3m.
