Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s19.6

c12.s19.6

Fergusson states that a second of this series of caves ‘called the Karṇa Chaupār, bears an inscription which records the excavation of the cave in the nineteenth year after the coronation of Aśoka. It is simply a rectangular hall....and except in an arched roof....has no architectural feature of importance. At the right, or west end is a low platform as if for an image....’²