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in this cave, which would seem to have escaped the notice of the 
Brahmanical occupants or visitors of the other caves. On the floor of 
this outer chamber there are four oblong socket holes, which would 
appear to have been intended for the reception of timber framing, 
as suggested by Major Kittoe. 
118. The great cave in the Nagarjuni hill is excavated in the 
southern face of the rock, at a height of 50 feet above the country. 
It is approached by a flight of stone steps, but the entrance is conceal- 
ed partly by atree and partly by an Jdgah wall, which was built by 
the last Musalman occupants. It was inhabited when visited by 
Major Kittoe in 1847, but was empty when I sawit. This cave is 
46 feet 5 inches long and 19 feet 2 inches broad, both ends being 
semi-circular. The walls are 6 feet 6 inches high, and the vaulted 
roof has a rise of 4 feet, making a total height of 10 feet 6 inches. 
The whole of the interior is polished, but quite plain. There is alow 
brick platform of modern date at one end, which is said to have 
been the seat of a Musulman saint, who was the disciple and successor 
of Haji Harmdydn. 'The door-way of the cave is of Egyptian form, 
being 2 feet 6 inches wide at top, and 2 feet 114 inches at bottom, 
with a height of 6 feet and $ an inch. On the eastern jamb of the 
door-way there is an inscription in ten lines of the same family and 
same date as those over the door-way of the Lomas Rishi cave. 
This inscription has been translated by Wilkins (Asiatic Researches, 
Vol. I. p. 282), and by James Prinsep (Bengal Journal, 1837, p. 672). 
On the western jamb of the door there is a short inscription in large 
letters of the 7th or 8th century, Achdrya Sri Yogananda “the 
teacher Sri Yogananda,’ whose name will be found repeated in 
another cave. 
119. On the outside, immediately over the door-way, there is a 
small sunken tablet, containing a short inscription of four lines in 
the ancient Pali characters of Asoka’s edicts. This has been trans- 
lated by James Prinsep (Bengal Journal, 1837, p. 677). The cave 
is called Gopi-ka-kubha, that is, the “Gopi’s or Shepherdess’s Cave.” 
The inscription records that “ The Gopi’s cave an abode lasting as the 
Sun and Moon, was caused to be excavated by Dasaratha, beloved of 
the Devas, on his accession to the throne, as a hermitage for the 
most devoted Bhadantas (Buddhist ascetics).” 
120. The other two caves of the Nagarjuni group are situated 
