The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c33.38

v1.c33.38

Though similar in general disposition to the one at Kārli, the *chaitya* halls at the other places mentioned above vary considerably in their dimensions and details. Thus the halls at Bhājā and Konḍāne (Pl. XXVI, 69) are about 60 feet long, the earliest at Ajantā 96 feet, and that at Nāsik (Pl. XXVI, 72) 45. At Bhājā, Konḍāne, Pitalkhorā, and the earliest at Ajantā, the screen which closed the entrance to the hall was originally of wood, and in all these caves, as well as in those of Bedsā and Nāsik, the pillars incline inwards to a greater or less degree. In the Ajantā hall, again, the pillars are quite plain without base or capital, and here, as at Pitalkhorā, the coved ceiling of the side aisles is adorned with coffers, the ribs between which are carved from the rock, not framed in wood.