158 Alexander E. Caddy —Asoka Inscriptions in India . ( Nov. 
21. Not far from here, about a mile or more by road, is another 
group of hills of the same material. Here there are three more caves 
which form the Nagarjuni group. The Gopi cave is very picturesquely 
situated some seventy feet above the plain. It is a large vaulted 
chamber, nearly fifty feet long. Both ends are circular. It is ap¬ 
proached by a flight of stone stairs, but a small crenelated brick wall 
completely hides the door. Masses of granite boulders are fantastically 
piled up over the cave roof. 1 am sorry to say I did not obtain a photo¬ 
graph of tliis very picturesque spot owing to the failure of my ap¬ 
paratus—it had been too much in the hands of coolies of late. 
22. The following list particularises the seven Magadha caves :— 
The Barabar caves. 1, 2 and 3 dedicated by Raja Piyadasi— 
J. Sudama cave. [The Nyagrodha or Banian tree] 33 feetx 19; 
vaulted, 121 feet high. Inner domed chapel: 18 feet in 
diameter: two lines of inscription record its gift to men¬ 
dicants. 251 B. C. 
2. Viswa-Jhopi’i. Vestibule 14 x 8J x 6§ high. Inner circular 
chapel, irregular, 11 feet diameter at its widest. 251 B.C. 
3. Karna-chopar (on the north side of the rock), 334 feet x 14 ; 
vaulted, lOf feet high. Single room. 244 B.C. 
4. Lomas Rislii cave, The same dimension as the Sudama cave ; 
unfinished ceiling and floor, domed chapel unfinished. No 
Asoka inscription. 
The Nagarjuni caves. Dedicated by Raja Dasaratha, a grandson of 
Asoka, in the year 218 B.C.— 
5. GopiJca (or milkmaid’s cave). Single chamber 46 feet 5 
inchesf x 19 feet 2 inches. Vaulted, 10 feet 6 inches hiefh 
with circular ends. 
6. Vapiya cave. Vestibule 6 feet x 3 feet x 5J high, room 16§ 
feet x llj and 104 feet high, vaulted. So named from a 
well near by. 
7. Vadhathika khubba . Is in a cleft of the Vapiya rock, west of 
the cave. It is a small chamber with a narrow entrance. 
Inside, a small brick partition has been built with a very 
narrow entrance. 
23. Completing the work at my Barabar camp, I return to Gaya, 
and an opportunity presenting, I took what spare plaster there was to 
Bodh Gaya , and took moulds of some objects of allied interest—an 
insciiption on the altar, its honeysuckle and goose ornament, a quadrant 
of the Vajvdsan, or adamantine throne, and of a quadriga chariot of the 
sun on one of the pillars now in the Mahantli’s house. 
24. 1 was also able to secure a photograph of the temple with a 
