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KATAK CAVES. 65
not easy to determine whether any of these caves are really so old
as the time of Asoka. From a comparison of their details we may,
however, feel certain that some of these caves are certainly con-
temporary with the rail at Bharhut, others with the gateways at
Sancbi. Although, therefore, we cannot fix the limit either way
with absolute certainty, we may feel confident that all those which
are most interesting from an architectural point of view, were
excavated during the three and a half centuries which elapsed
between the years 250 b.c. and 100 a.d. Some of the smaller and
ruder examples may be earlier, but none of them have any charac-
teristics which would lead us to assign them to a more modem epoch
than that just quoted.
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not easy to determine whether any of these caves are really so old
as the time of Asoka. From a comparison of their details we may,
however, feel certain that some of these caves are certainly con-
temporary with the rail at Bharhut, others with the gateways at
Sancbi. Although, therefore, we cannot fix the limit either way
with absolute certainty, we may feel confident that all those which
are most interesting from an architectural point of view, were
excavated during the three and a half centuries which elapsed
between the years 250 b.c. and 100 a.d. Some of the smaller and
ruder examples may be earlier, but none of them have any charac-
teristics which would lead us to assign them to a more modem epoch
than that just quoted.
Y132