An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c18.s7.7

v1.c18.s7.7

In the very last phases of the historical paintings there are a number of inscriptions or rock writings in Aśokan and Gupta Brāhmī [20.4.2] and *śaṅkha* scripts, always overlapping the drawings. Most probably these inscriptions were written by hermits and monks living in these caves during historic times. [The sophisticated paintings in the early and late historical Buddhist, Brāhmaṇical and Jaina rock-cut caves are excluded from the present scope.]