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Chap. V. WESTERN CHAITYA HALLS. 165
be felt in them is considerably diminished, by their being cut
in a coarse laterite conglomerate, so coarse that all the finer
architectural details had to be worked out in plaster, and that,
having perished with time, only their plans and outlines can
now be recognised. Among the sixty or seventy excavations
here found, one in the principal group, which is entered from
the east end of a broad terrace that still exists tolerably
entire, has a dagaba in front—9J ft. in diameter and 14 ft. 3 in.
high—standing in the centre of a small court, in the open air.
Immediately behind it is the cell or sanctuary, in which is a
large figure of Buddha seated cross-legged, and on each side
of the entrance are two large dwarpals, as at Aurangabad. The
cell is isolated by a covered passage running round it, on the
86. Caves at Dhamnar. (Corrected from a Plan by Gen. Cunningham.)
Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
east side of which is a recumbent figure of the dying Buddha,
about 15 ft. long; in the passage behind the cell are three
seated figures of Buddhas with smaller standing figures between ;
and three more stand in the west passage with a sitting one
(Woodcut No. 86).
The next is an excavation 25 ft. wide with a curved inner-end
—the whole length being 26|- ft.—and containing a circular dagaba
8£ ft. in diameter and 16 ft. 3 in. high, which supports the roof.
To the west of it is another chaitya cave of some extent, and
presenting peculiarities of plan not found elsewhere. It is
practically a chaitya cella situated in the midst of a vihara.
The cell in which the dagaba is situated is only 31 ft. 8 in.
be felt in them is considerably diminished, by their being cut
in a coarse laterite conglomerate, so coarse that all the finer
architectural details had to be worked out in plaster, and that,
having perished with time, only their plans and outlines can
now be recognised. Among the sixty or seventy excavations
here found, one in the principal group, which is entered from
the east end of a broad terrace that still exists tolerably
entire, has a dagaba in front—9J ft. in diameter and 14 ft. 3 in.
high—standing in the centre of a small court, in the open air.
Immediately behind it is the cell or sanctuary, in which is a
large figure of Buddha seated cross-legged, and on each side
of the entrance are two large dwarpals, as at Aurangabad. The
cell is isolated by a covered passage running round it, on the
86. Caves at Dhamnar. (Corrected from a Plan by Gen. Cunningham.)
Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
east side of which is a recumbent figure of the dying Buddha,
about 15 ft. long; in the passage behind the cell are three
seated figures of Buddhas with smaller standing figures between ;
and three more stand in the west passage with a sitting one
(Woodcut No. 86).
The next is an excavation 25 ft. wide with a curved inner-end
—the whole length being 26|- ft.—and containing a circular dagaba
8£ ft. in diameter and 16 ft. 3 in. high, which supports the roof.
To the west of it is another chaitya cave of some extent, and
presenting peculiarities of plan not found elsewhere. It is
practically a chaitya cella situated in the midst of a vihara.
The cell in which the dagaba is situated is only 31 ft. 8 in.