The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s2.81

v2.c16.s2.81

[35] There is nothing in its appearance which would necessitate the attribution of this cave to an earlier date than what this inscription would indicate; but at the same time, bearing in mind that the Kuṭila inscription of Major Kittoe, which attributes either the Elephant, or the Ganeśa, or the Ananta Cave, wherever it occurs, to the tenth century, when in reality the cave belongs to a much earlier period, and seeing that inscriptions have been recorded long after the date of the preparation of the caves, (and nothing is easier than scratching names on soft sandstone), there is no evidence to prove the recent excavation of this chamber besides the record which is not reliable.