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full height of the work is not shown. The inscriptions also are 
represented as extending below the top of the door-way on one side, 
which is not the case, as they are all confined to the semi-circular 
space above the door. This sketch, however, shows distinctly the ends 
of the roofing beams and the bamboo lattice work of the gable, just 
such as may still be seen in the wooden buildings of Burmah. 
116. As the inscriptions over the door-way of this cave are all in 
the same character as those of the later Princes of the Gupta dynasty, 
the date of this sculptured fagade may be assigned to the 3rd or 4th 
century of our era. But as the cave itself corresponds so exactly, 
both in size and in arrangement, with the Sudama cave, I feel 
satisfied that it must have been excavated at the same time, and that, 
before the enlargement of the entrance porch, there must have existed 
an inscription of Asoka, recording the name and purpose of the cave. 
The present inscriptions are deeply and boldly cut, but the letters 
are not polished. There are two distinct inscriptions, the upper one, 
of two lines, being somewhat later in date than the lower one, of four 
lines, in rather larger letters. Both of these inscriptions have been 
translated by James Prinsep, (Journal 1837, p. 647,) who, owing 
perhaps to the misplacement of the lines of his fac-similes, did not 
perceive that translations of both had already been published by 
Wilkins in the second volume of the Asiatic Researches. There is 
some variation in the two versions of these inscriptions, which I will 
submit to Babea#Rajendra Lala Mitra for retranslation. 
117. The fourth cave of the Bardbar group is that which is called 
Viswa Mitra by Major Kittoe, but which was named simply Viswa- 
jhopri, or “ Viswa’s hut,” by my informants. ‘This cave is excavated 
in a large block of granite lying to the eastward of the cave ridge, 
and at a somewhat lower level. It consists of two rooms, an outer 
apartment or ante-chamber which is polished throughout, and an inner 
apartment of 11 feet in diameter, which is rough and unfinished. 
The former is 14 feet long by 8 feet 4 inches broad, and has an in- 
scription on the right hand wall of four lines in the ancient Pali 
character of Asoka’s inscriptions. The last five letters have been 
purposely mutilated with the chisel, but they are still quite legible. 
The inscription, which is otherwise perfect, records the dedication 
of the cave by Raja Piyadast (that is, Asoka himself) in the 12th 
year of his reign, equivalent to 252 B, C, This is the only inscription 
