History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c13.50

v1.c13.50

In front of the rock, between the upper storey and lower storey, there was another carving or frieze, mostly obliterated, consisting of a wide railing pattern which does not seem to have been noticed by previous writers. This railing is exactly like the great railing around the Buddhist shrines at Bodh-Gaya, Barhut and Sanchi, consisting of pillars or uprights, square in section, with three double convex cross-bars between each pair of pillars and over all a long architrave, round on the top. The Svargapuri or the upper part of the cave was excavated by the principal queen of king Khāravela.