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    The document summarizes information about the Kuda Caves located in Maharashtra, India. The caves consist of 26 Buddhist caves located in two groups on a hillside. The caves include both dwelling caves and chaityas (temple caves). Most of the caves have inscriptions providing details about their construction and donors. The caves were used from the early 2nd century AD to the early 4th century AD.

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    Kuda Caves

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    Krisha Desai
    The document summarizes information about the Kuda Caves located in Maharashtra, India. The caves consist of 26 Buddhist caves located in two groups on a hillside. The caves include both dwelling caves and chaityas (temple caves). Most of the caves have inscriptions providing details about their construction and donors. The caves were used from the early 2nd century AD to the early 4th century AD.

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    KUDA CAVES

    SOLIYA PHADNIS

    MA ARCHAEOLOGY

    INTRODUCTION

    Kuda is a small village, 13 miles north east of Mangav in the Kolaba district. The caves are situated in the Mahoba hill at a height of about 50-70 mts above sea level. The 26 Buddhist caves are located almost adjacent to one another, but in two groups, one lower and other upper. The amount of inscriptions in the Kuda group enhances its importance.

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION

    The numbering of the caves has been done starting from the western most cave of the lower group and moving eastwards. The caves face south west. Caves 1-15 are below and caves 16-26 are above. The caves are plain, cave no.6 being the only one with sculptures. Five of the caves, one unfinished, are chaityas or temple caves, the other twenty one are dwelling caves. Cave nos. 1, 6, 9, 15, 21 are flat roofed chaityaghara. The rest are lena. Cave no.4 is a matapa meant for dining or to rest.

    The caves consist of a verandah with a door and a window in its back wall, opening into a cell, having rock cut benches. The sixth cave has as many as six inscriptions.

    CAVE NO.5

    This cave is a lena situated close to cave no.4. The faade of the cave is broken. The cave has three inscriptions.The first two dealing with the making of the cistern and the third one recording the cave and the cistern to be the gift of a female ascetic, Padumamnika.

    According to the characters of the inscription, this cave maybe assigned to the 3rd cent A.D.

    CAVE NO.6

    This is a flat roofed chaityaghara. In front of the faade is a sculpture of an elephant, cut on either side. The pilasters bear the usual hour glass decoration. On either side beyond the pilasters is a panel of mithuna sculptures and the low paprapet walls have the carving of animals and herdsmen. An inscription records that the cave was the gift of Sivama, younger brother of Sivabhuti who was a writer. The cave is placed in late 3rd or early 4th cent A.D.

    CHAITYA OF CAVE NO.6

    CAVE NO.14

    In the forecourt of this lena is a linga like structure in the centre. An inscription states that this lena was donated by Mahika, an ironmonger. 14x is a cistern, the inscription on which records it to be a bathing tank donated by a merchant, Gahapati Vasula. 14y is another similar cistern. This cave maybe dated to the 2nd century A.D.

    CAVE NO.9

    The verandah of this chaityaghara had two columns with octagonal shafts. This cave was donated by the wife of a Brahman worshipper.

    CONCLUSION

    The Kuda caves are interesting because every cave has an inscription. The donors of most of the caves are from the local economic classes and a few are royal officials. The only donation from the royalty is the cistern 7x. A continuous activity in architectural creation is seen stretching from early 2nd cent. to early 4th cent. A.D. Not a single lena of cells-around-hall exist. Single celled lena were preferred.

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