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KHOLVI CAVES. 395
the door 10 feet high, as in Cave III. at Aurangabad and in several
of the Elura Buddhist temples ; and on the walls of the pradahshind
are standing and seated figures of Buddha, and on the right side,
with, "the head to the north " as in all such cases, is the Buddha
reclining with his hand under his head, 15 feet in length, as he
entered nirvana} On the east side of the dagoba are two cells, one
containing a small dagoba and the other a Buddhist image.
Kholvi Caves.
As already mentioned the other group of caves in Malwa, is at
the small village of Kholvi, in the Kota territory, about 22 miles
south-east from Dhamnar and 55 miles north of Ujjain. They
were first described by Dr. E. Impey in 1853,2 and afterwards, but
in less detail, by General Cunningham in 1864-65.
They are, like those of Dhamnar, excavated in a hill of coarse
laterite to the north-east of the village, and may be divided into three
groups,—on the south, east, and north sides of the hill, numbering
between forty and fifty excavations in all, the principal caves being
in the group on the south face. The most marked feature about
them is the presence of some seven stupas, with square bases, in all
the larger of which there are cells for images of Buddha. They
we, in fact, in their arrangements more like Hindu temples than
anything we have hitherto found in Buddhist architecture, though
they still retain the circular plan and domical top which were the
essential characteristics of the Dagoba in all ages.3 The first of
1 Tod says " 10 feet in length," Rajasthan, vol. ii. p. 723. Conf. Cunningham,
***** Hep., vol. ii. p. 274.
Jour. Bom. B. R. As. Sec., vol. v. pp. 336-349 ; Cunningham, Arch. Report, vol.
'»• PP. 280-288.
tf anything could convince Mr. Growse (J. A. S. B., vol. xlvii., p. 114) how
foneous his views areas to the origin of the Hindu Sikhara, it would be the examina-
*» of these temples. There is at Dhamnar a Hindu rock-cut temple {Hist, of hid. and
' Arch., p. 446) yyhjgjj ;s as coulpiete and perfect an example of the style as the
a (1 a 6 ^ ^arolli or Bhuvaneswar. Square in plan, and with the curvilinear Sikhara
Amhkn termination, in fact, all the features of the style perfected as if they had
practised for centuries. At the same time we have close by, in the same material,
tm 6 Same age' temples of the Buddhists of the same size, and used for the same
Thf-I»' Ut aS un*'ke them as it is possible to conceive two classes of buildings to be.
as l'ttl F retam a" tne circular forms of the Dagoba both in plan and section, and show
3, p eudency to copy the Hindu style as the Brahmans showed to imitate them.—
the door 10 feet high, as in Cave III. at Aurangabad and in several
of the Elura Buddhist temples ; and on the walls of the pradahshind
are standing and seated figures of Buddha, and on the right side,
with, "the head to the north " as in all such cases, is the Buddha
reclining with his hand under his head, 15 feet in length, as he
entered nirvana} On the east side of the dagoba are two cells, one
containing a small dagoba and the other a Buddhist image.
Kholvi Caves.
As already mentioned the other group of caves in Malwa, is at
the small village of Kholvi, in the Kota territory, about 22 miles
south-east from Dhamnar and 55 miles north of Ujjain. They
were first described by Dr. E. Impey in 1853,2 and afterwards, but
in less detail, by General Cunningham in 1864-65.
They are, like those of Dhamnar, excavated in a hill of coarse
laterite to the north-east of the village, and may be divided into three
groups,—on the south, east, and north sides of the hill, numbering
between forty and fifty excavations in all, the principal caves being
in the group on the south face. The most marked feature about
them is the presence of some seven stupas, with square bases, in all
the larger of which there are cells for images of Buddha. They
we, in fact, in their arrangements more like Hindu temples than
anything we have hitherto found in Buddhist architecture, though
they still retain the circular plan and domical top which were the
essential characteristics of the Dagoba in all ages.3 The first of
1 Tod says " 10 feet in length," Rajasthan, vol. ii. p. 723. Conf. Cunningham,
***** Hep., vol. ii. p. 274.
Jour. Bom. B. R. As. Sec., vol. v. pp. 336-349 ; Cunningham, Arch. Report, vol.
'»• PP. 280-288.
tf anything could convince Mr. Growse (J. A. S. B., vol. xlvii., p. 114) how
foneous his views areas to the origin of the Hindu Sikhara, it would be the examina-
*» of these temples. There is at Dhamnar a Hindu rock-cut temple {Hist, of hid. and
' Arch., p. 446) yyhjgjj ;s as coulpiete and perfect an example of the style as the
a (1 a 6 ^ ^arolli or Bhuvaneswar. Square in plan, and with the curvilinear Sikhara
Amhkn termination, in fact, all the features of the style perfected as if they had
practised for centuries. At the same time we have close by, in the same material,
tm 6 Same age' temples of the Buddhists of the same size, and used for the same
Thf-I»' Ut aS un*'ke them as it is possible to conceive two classes of buildings to be.
as l'ttl F retam a" tne circular forms of the Dagoba both in plan and section, and show
3, p eudency to copy the Hindu style as the Brahmans showed to imitate them.—