The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.19

v2.c16.19

The caves on the three sides are apparently two-storeyed, but in reality they are not so, as the upper storey is so placed as not to be right above the lower, but some way behind it. This arrangement obtains in most of the other two-storeyed caves, and its object evidently is, to secure the greatest strength and stability, by placing the caves always on solid rock, instead of perforated hollows. The soft, fragile, incohering texture of the *Front View* TIGER CAVE : UDAYAGIRI *Side View* [Figure: GROUND PLAN & SECTION OF THE VAIGANTA CAVE Section Scale of 10 20 30 40 Feet]