History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c25.s8.14

v2.c25.s8.14

Unfortunately there are no Buddhist buildings or caves so far south as Bâdâmi, and we are consequently deprived of that means for comparison: such as are south of Kârlê, at Karhâd, etc., are of little or no account architecturally. The result, however, of the translations of inscriptions collected during the last thirty-five years, and of the surveys made, leads us to compress our history of the western caves within narrower limits than at one time seemed necessary. The caves in the south of Bijâpûr district seem all to be comprised between the years 500 and 750 A.D., and those at Elûrâ, being synchronous, must also, with the exception of the Jaina caves, be limited to the same period of time, with probably a slight extension either way.