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368 BUDDHIST CAVE-TEMPLES.
not,1 Anquetil clu Perron in 1758,2 by Sir Charles W. Malet3 in
1794. Colonel Sykes 4 visited them about 1820, and many others
have since then visited and described them.5
In 1803 Thomas Daniell published 24 views of these caves in
folio, accompanied by plans made under his direction by James
Wales, which are by far the most splendid and accurate account
of these caves, as a whole, which has yet been published.
Beginning at the extreme south end of the series, where the oldest
are situated, we find a group of Buddhist caves, apparently ranging
from about a.d. 350 to 550, and popularly known as the Dherawara,
or low caste's quarter. It is not clear whether this term was applied
out of contempt for the Buddhists by the modern Hindus, or is
a corruption of Therawara or quarter of the Therasf> or teachers,
or, from their having in later times been occupied by Dhers.
The first cave is much filled up with earth. It is, however, of no
great interest, except as perhaps one of the oldest here, and probably
attached to the next. It was a Vihara or monastery with eight cells
inside for monks, four in the back and four in the south side. It is
41 feet 6 inches wide and 42 feet 3 inches deep. The front has all
1 Voyage des hides, pp. 221-223.
2 Zend Avesta. Disc, prel., pp. ccxxxiv-cexlix. He calls the place Iloura; B-
Gough's Comparative View, pp. 60 ff.
3 Asiat. Res., vol. v. pp. 382-424, with nine plates, and plan of Kailas, but exceedingly
inaccurate.
4 Trans. Bomb. Lit. Soc., vol. iii. pp. 265-323, with thirteen Plates, and two sheets
of inscriptions. The drawings are by no means correct, but they are much better than
Malet's.
5 Capt. J. B. Seeley visited them in 1810, and wrote an octavo volume of 560 pages,
entitled The Wonders of Elora, &c. (published in 1824), giving a long inflated account
of these temples, and of his own adventures, &c. The frontispiece, plan of Kail*
and two other plates, are evidently copied from those in Malet's paper without ackno
ledgment, and signed " J. B. S. delt." For other notices see Bird's Historical Re-
searches, pp. 18-30; Trans. R. As. Soc, vol. ii. pp. 326, 328,487 ; Sykes, Jour. R-' s-
Soc, vol. v. pp. 81-90; Fergusson, ib., vol. viii. pp. 73-83, or Rock-cut Temples, PP-
44-54; and Ind. and East. Arch., pp. 127/163, 262, 334-337, 445 ; Buckley, . • • '
Calcutta Rev., vol. xxi. p. 457 ; Wilson, ib., vol. xlii.; J. B. B. R. A. Soc, vol.
pt. ii. pp. 80-84 ; Muir, Notes of a Trip, he, pp. 53-63 ; The Rock Templesof&<>
or Vend, by J. Burgess (Bombay, 1877). . yg.
6 There was a Buddhist school"called Therawadts, conf. Oldenberg's Vinay"P'l« *
Int. p. xli.
not,1 Anquetil clu Perron in 1758,2 by Sir Charles W. Malet3 in
1794. Colonel Sykes 4 visited them about 1820, and many others
have since then visited and described them.5
In 1803 Thomas Daniell published 24 views of these caves in
folio, accompanied by plans made under his direction by James
Wales, which are by far the most splendid and accurate account
of these caves, as a whole, which has yet been published.
Beginning at the extreme south end of the series, where the oldest
are situated, we find a group of Buddhist caves, apparently ranging
from about a.d. 350 to 550, and popularly known as the Dherawara,
or low caste's quarter. It is not clear whether this term was applied
out of contempt for the Buddhists by the modern Hindus, or is
a corruption of Therawara or quarter of the Therasf> or teachers,
or, from their having in later times been occupied by Dhers.
The first cave is much filled up with earth. It is, however, of no
great interest, except as perhaps one of the oldest here, and probably
attached to the next. It was a Vihara or monastery with eight cells
inside for monks, four in the back and four in the south side. It is
41 feet 6 inches wide and 42 feet 3 inches deep. The front has all
1 Voyage des hides, pp. 221-223.
2 Zend Avesta. Disc, prel., pp. ccxxxiv-cexlix. He calls the place Iloura; B-
Gough's Comparative View, pp. 60 ff.
3 Asiat. Res., vol. v. pp. 382-424, with nine plates, and plan of Kailas, but exceedingly
inaccurate.
4 Trans. Bomb. Lit. Soc., vol. iii. pp. 265-323, with thirteen Plates, and two sheets
of inscriptions. The drawings are by no means correct, but they are much better than
Malet's.
5 Capt. J. B. Seeley visited them in 1810, and wrote an octavo volume of 560 pages,
entitled The Wonders of Elora, &c. (published in 1824), giving a long inflated account
of these temples, and of his own adventures, &c. The frontispiece, plan of Kail*
and two other plates, are evidently copied from those in Malet's paper without ackno
ledgment, and signed " J. B. S. delt." For other notices see Bird's Historical Re-
searches, pp. 18-30; Trans. R. As. Soc, vol. ii. pp. 326, 328,487 ; Sykes, Jour. R-' s-
Soc, vol. v. pp. 81-90; Fergusson, ib., vol. viii. pp. 73-83, or Rock-cut Temples, PP-
44-54; and Ind. and East. Arch., pp. 127/163, 262, 334-337, 445 ; Buckley, . • • '
Calcutta Rev., vol. xxi. p. 457 ; Wilson, ib., vol. xlii.; J. B. B. R. A. Soc, vol.
pt. ii. pp. 80-84 ; Muir, Notes of a Trip, he, pp. 53-63 ; The Rock Templesof&<>
or Vend, by J. Burgess (Bombay, 1877). . yg.
6 There was a Buddhist school"called Therawadts, conf. Oldenberg's Vinay"P'l« *
Int. p. xli.