The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s2.58

v2.c16.s2.58

**Tiger cave :—Further north we come to the Tiger cave or Bāgh Gumphā (Pate I.M. and Plate XXVI). In size it is similar to the last, but its exterior is cut into the shape of a tiger’s head. The distended jaws of the animal form the verandah, and the entrance to the cell occupies the place of the gullet. The head is remarkably well formed, and the chiselling is excellent. By the right of the entrance a short inscription in the Lāṭ character states that it originally belonged to one “Sasevin, a fierce antivedist.” The record, in two lines, runs as follows :—**