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 :6o BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE. BOOK I. as the last. There are unfortunately no inscriptions nor any traditions that would assist in fixing its age, which must consequently depend wholly on its position in the series and its architectural peculiarities. The dimensions of this cave are considerable, 85 ft. 10 in. by 43 ft, and 34 ft. high ; the inner end is entirely blocked up by the dagaba which, instead of being circular as in all 82. Interior of Vuwakarma Buddhist Cave at Klura. (From a Photograph.) the older examples, has a frontispiece attached to it larger than that in Cave No. 19 at Ajanta, which, as shown in Woodcut No. 73, makes it square in front. On this addition is a figure of Buddha seated with his feet down, and surrounded by attendants and flying figures in the later style of Mahayana Buddhist art (Woodcut No. 82). In the roof, all the ribs and ornaments are cut in the rock, though still copied from wooden prototypes, and the triforium is sculptured with groups, as in Nos. 19 and 26 of Ajanta. Its most marked characteristic, however, is the facade, where for the first time we miss the great horse- shoe opening, which is the most marked feature in all previous