The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s2.94

v2.c16.s2.94

There is nothing to fix the date of the dolmen, or to justify the supposition that it was raised by the same race or persons who perforated the caves; I am disposed to think that the dolmen was set up by some of the backwoods of Orissa after the caves had been deserted by the Buddhists, and the model *chaityas* were used for the surrounding circles instead of uncarved blocks because they were found ready at hand, lying near the caves, and they saved the trouble of hewing out blocks for the purpose from the living rock.