CAVE 9 (470-493 A.D.)

This cave forms a pair with cave 10, and also consists of the front and back chambers. On the south wall of the front chamber are carved Octagonal pillars. On the east and west walls of the front chamber of cave 9 are niches carved in the form of three-roomed house. The ceiling of the cave is decorated with flying celestials and lotus blossom. The main statue on the north wall in the back chamber is Sakyamuni Buddha and bodhisattvas are sculpted on the east and west sides. On the other walls are carved niches depicting the Jataka stories about the principal and subsidiary causes.

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