Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s1.t5.2
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s1.t5.2
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The spaces on the screen are carved with Vedikā design which are so realistically depicted on the façades at Bhājā, Koṇḍāne, Nasik, etc. The plan of the maṇḍapa is rectangular and the ceiling of the pradakṣiṇāpatha on the two sides is flat and its pillars are perpendicular. Originally the vaulted roof was superficially supported on wooden ribs which did not serve any architectural function and so were removed. Both these Chaitya halls were profusely painted in the early style of the Śuṅga period and do not show any sculpture in the interior. Wherever there are figures of the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas, they are all of a later date when the caves were renovated.