History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s2.6

v2.c24.s2.6

Both the caves named above are of two storeys with a number of smaller halls attached, and belonged to the Digambara division. From this circumstance and the appearance of Gommata along with Pârswanâth in a number of the shrines—as we find these at Bâdâmi—and that the only inscriptions are in Kanarese, we are led to infer that the excavators were from the south and brought the Dravidian style with them. In the right of the court is a large statue of an elephant, and on the left was a fine monolithic stambha 31 ft. 6 in. in height including the Chaumukh figure crowning it. (Woodcut No. 275). It fell over about thirty-two years ago.