Chap. V.

KARLE.

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details : vve have also later inscriptions, of Ushabhadata, the son-
in-la\v of the Kshatrapa Nahapana,1 and, as the latter belongs
to the beginning of the 2nd century, Ushabhadata cannot be
placed earlier than about A.D. 120. But the cave had been
completed long before this, and we may pretty safely place
it in the century B.C., and possibly early in that century.

The building, as will be seen by the annexed woodcuts
(Nos. 67, 68, 69), resembles, to a very great extent, an early
Christian church in its arrangements: consisting of a nave
and side-aisles, terminating in an apse or semidome, round
which the aisle is carried. The general dimensions of the
interior are 124 ft. 3 in. from the entrance to the back wall, by
45 ft. 6 in. in width. The side-aisles, however, are very much
narrower than in Christian churches, the central one being
25 ft. 7 in., so that the others are only 10 ft. wide, including
the thickness of the pillars. As a scale for comparison, it
may be mentioned that its arrangement and dimensions are
very similar to those of the choir of Norwich Cathedral, or

1 For the Karle inscriptions, see ‘ Archaeological Survey of Western India,’ vol. iv.
pp. 90-92, 112-113 ; 1 Epigraphia Indica,’ vol. vii. pp. 47ff.