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Description: | Photograph of the interior of the Son Bhandar cave, Rajgir taken by Alexander.E Caddy in 1895. Two rock-cut caves are found next to each other at Son Bhandar, which were excavated simultaneously by Jain ascetics. This image shows the interior of the eastern cave. An inscription on the doorway of the western cave dates the construction of both to the third or fourth century AD. The stone into which the cave was excavated is of a poor quality which meant that when Caddy entered the cave, it was strewn with debris which had fallen from the roof. When built, the cave would have been a more substantial structure than can be seen today. Originally it would have incorporated a second storey, built of brick and reached by a set of rock-cut stairs. Rock cut beam holes in front of the cave indicate that at one point the cave also had a wooden verandah. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Caddy, Alexander E. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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