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•THE BABA PYARA CAVES, JUNAGARH THIS CAVE GROUP LIES CLOSE TO THE MODHI - MATH AT JUNAGARH, KNOWN AS BABA PYARA'S FROM WHICH THESE CAVES DERIVED THIS POPULAR NAME THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT LEVELS SCOOPED OUT FROM THE SAME ROCK FACE BUT ALL THESE THREE LEVELS DO NOT FOLLOW THE SAME UNIFIED DIRECTION.
• THE TOP MOST LEVEL HAS FOUR CAVES; THE LARGEST ONE WITH THREE SEPARATE INNER CELLS AND A COMMON FRONT DOOR, THE CORNICE OF WHICH PRESERVES REMNANTS OF CHAITYA WINDOW CARVINGS NEXT SET OF CAVES HAS A SPACIOUS COURTYARD, WITH AN APSIDAL HALL. THE VERANDAH TO THIS HALL HAS SIX SQUARE PILLARS SUPPORTING LION BRACKETS,CRUDE CHAITYA WINDOW, AND WINGED LION IN LOW RELIEF AT EITHER END OF THE WALL.
•AUSPICIOUS BUDDHIST SYMBOLS.LIKE SWASTIKA,TRIRATNA, ANKUSH, FISH, ETC. CAN BE SEEN ON THE MAIN DOOR LINTEL OF THE CELLS, AND 'PURNAGHATA' WITH OVER-FLOWING FOLIAGE, ETC. ON THE DOOR JAMBS.
•THE LOWEST GROUP OF CAVES HAS A FRONT COURTYARD AND AN INNER CELL. THE CAVES FLANKING SOUTHERN EDGE HAS FIVE SETS OF CAVES; THE LARGEST ONE WITH A SQUARISH INNER HALL AND'A SINGAL OCTACONAL PILLAR IN THE CENTRE, WHICH, WITH AN ABACUSOF THREE THIN STEPPED MEMBERS AND AN INVERTED GLOBULAR WATER JAR FROM UNDER IT, RESEMBLD TO THOSE OF WESTERN INDIAN CAVES AT NASIK, JUNNAR, ETC. ALL THESE DEVICES SHOW A DIRECT IMPECT OF SATAVAHANA ART IDIOMS, AND FAVOUR TO DATE THESE CAVES NOT LATER THAN CIRCA 2 ND CENTURY A.D.
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