CHAP. V. WESTERN CHAITYA HALLS. 169 disappeared. In front of the cave is a vestibule about four yards long with vaulted roof a thin wall separating it from the shrine, and in this a drip or representation of part of the roof of the cave comes down above as in the Sudama cave (Woodcut No. 53). The entrance of the vestibule is 8 ft. 6 in. wide below and quite a foot more at the arched head, whilst the facade over it as will be seen in the woodcut (No. 87) is carved with a horse-shoe arch, bearing a rude resemblance to that of the Lomas Rishi cave, and projecting about 14 in. 1 The structural stupas and remains of Buddhist sculptures found about them warrant us in attributing these rock excava- tions to that religious body ; and the style of the apartments and of the chaitya cave, compared with the similar remains at Junnar, seem to refer us to an early period, before large vihara halls were required. Such considerations lead us to ascribe these remains to a date about 200 B.C. 1 The editor owes to Mr Rea the use sf the drawings he made of these Guntu- ille or Jilligerigudem caves. The above ccount is based on his reports in Madras G. O., Nos. 181 and 457 of 1888. Sketch plans and sections were published in the ' Journal of the R. Asiatic Society.' New ser. vol. xix., pp. 508-511. 88. Sphinxes from Buddhist Vihara at Pitalkhorft.
