The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.81.4

v2.c16.81.4

The Gaṇeśa frieze introduces a tree at the resting-place, but the cave-door is not omitted, an arched prominence behind the tree clearly indicates its existence.¹³ The second theory would assume certain ladies going to the cave, a sacred place, where they were over taken by the men. Under either supposition, a lady, maiden or married, was abducted. The deer hunt in the Queen’s Palace appears to be intended to serve as a diversion to win the affection of the captive fair one. The second compartment of the Gaṇeśa frieze, would have given some detail of the occurrences, which intervened between the abduction, and the attempt at rescue, but unfortunately it is a blank.