Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v3.c12.19

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As the front of the cave is completely destroyed, it is difficult to determine whether it had a rectangular porch like the caves at Karle and Bedsa. An inscription in Brāhmī characters of the second century B.C. carved on the façade, states that Vāsiṭhīputa made the endowment for the doorway of the temple.³ Traces of old brickwork exist along the side walls of the cave in the front, and it is not unlikely that the doorway mentioned in the inscription was a later construction built of bricks, which are of a large size measuring 20 in. in length, 12 in. in breadth, and 3 in. in thickness.