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BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE.
Bootc I,
138
12 miles south of Chalisgam in Khandesh, where there are
several caves—Buddhist, Brahmanical, and Jaina. Unfortunately
the chaitya is entirely ruined by the decay of the rock, the front
half of the temple having quite disappeared. From the style
of the viharas, and a few epigraphs, we can only conclude that
it must have ranked quite as early as the preceding.1
The fourth of this series will be treated of among the four
Ajanta chaitya temples. The next group of caves, however,
that at Bedsa, 10 or 11 miles south of Karle, shows con-
siderable progress towards lithic construction. The screen is
in stone; the pillars are more upright though still sloping
slightly inwards, the jambs more nearly parallel; and, in fact,
we have nearly all the features of a well-designed chaitya cave.
The two pillars in front, however, as will be seen from the plan
(Woodcut No. 63), are so much too large in proportion to the
63. Plan of Cave at Bedsd. (From a Plan by J. Burgess.) Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
rest, that they are evidently stambhas, and ought to stand free
instead of supporting a verandah. Their capitals (Woodcut No.
64, next page) are more like the Persepolitan type than almost
any others in India, and are each surmounted by horses and
elephants bearing men and women of bold and free execution.2
From the view (Woodcut No. 65 on page 140) it will be seen
1 ‘ Cave Temples,’ pp. 242-246, and
plate 15; ‘ Archceological Survey of
Western India,’ vol. iv. pp. 11-12.
2 In the PitalkhorR vihara, we find the
Persepolitan capital repeated with a
variety of animals over it; for the Hindu
artists, from their natural aptitude for
modifying and adapting forms, very soon
replaced the bicephalous bull and ram of
the Persian columns by a great variety
of animals, sphinxes, and even human
figures in the most grotesque attitudes.—
Dr. Le Bon, ‘ Les Monuments de l’lnde,’
P- 15-
Bootc I,
138
12 miles south of Chalisgam in Khandesh, where there are
several caves—Buddhist, Brahmanical, and Jaina. Unfortunately
the chaitya is entirely ruined by the decay of the rock, the front
half of the temple having quite disappeared. From the style
of the viharas, and a few epigraphs, we can only conclude that
it must have ranked quite as early as the preceding.1
The fourth of this series will be treated of among the four
Ajanta chaitya temples. The next group of caves, however,
that at Bedsa, 10 or 11 miles south of Karle, shows con-
siderable progress towards lithic construction. The screen is
in stone; the pillars are more upright though still sloping
slightly inwards, the jambs more nearly parallel; and, in fact,
we have nearly all the features of a well-designed chaitya cave.
The two pillars in front, however, as will be seen from the plan
(Woodcut No. 63), are so much too large in proportion to the
63. Plan of Cave at Bedsd. (From a Plan by J. Burgess.) Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
rest, that they are evidently stambhas, and ought to stand free
instead of supporting a verandah. Their capitals (Woodcut No.
64, next page) are more like the Persepolitan type than almost
any others in India, and are each surmounted by horses and
elephants bearing men and women of bold and free execution.2
From the view (Woodcut No. 65 on page 140) it will be seen
1 ‘ Cave Temples,’ pp. 242-246, and
plate 15; ‘ Archceological Survey of
Western India,’ vol. iv. pp. 11-12.
2 In the PitalkhorR vihara, we find the
Persepolitan capital repeated with a
variety of animals over it; for the Hindu
artists, from their natural aptitude for
modifying and adapting forms, very soon
replaced the bicephalous bull and ram of
the Persian columns by a great variety
of animals, sphinxes, and even human
figures in the most grotesque attitudes.—
Dr. Le Bon, ‘ Les Monuments de l’lnde,’
P- 15-