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The remains of a few cave temples also have been found at several places in Champa. The Phu Duoc cave is oval in shape. ‘The inner chamber has a vaulted roof, and two cells radiate from it.’ ‘The marble mountains near Hos Que contain several caves round a central hall, which is, however, open to the sky.’ ‘The caves of Phong Nha are of massive proportions.’ This cave contains an image of Buddha and some other sculptures. There are some hundred inscriptions, one of which appears to contain the word ‘Sāriputra,’ thus indicating a Buddhistic sanctuary. The Chua Hang cave also contains a small image of Buddha. The caves near the Lac-Son village appear to have been ‘transformed into Buddhist sanctuaries by the Chams.’ In these caves there are some thirty-six inscriptions.¹