Cave VI. is in two storeys, but the verandah has fallen away from the lower part. It would appear that the verandah was wide, and had a cell in the left end, from the door of which the steps now descend to Cave VII. The outer wall is panelled under four large windows, which light a hall 53 feet 4 inches by 54 feet 10 inches in dimensions. The front and back aisles are 71 feet long, and contain chambers at their ends each 8 feet by 10 feet. The columns are arranged in four rows with four pillars to a row; but only seven of them are standing. There are four thin pilasters on each wall, in the lines of the rows of pillars; and between them are three chambers on either side, each 8 feet by 9 feet, containing niches in their back walls. The columns are plain octagons to about three-quarters of their height; then they are 16-sided, with a cincture under a 16-sided fillet at the top; and then imitation beams, two to three inches deep, run from pillar to pillar. The pillars in front of the antechamber are somewhat similar to those in the porticoes of Cave VII. The antechamber is 13 feet 4. inches deep, and the sanctuary is 10 feet by 15 feet 5 inches. The figure of Buddha is seated in the teaching attitude on a pedestal three feet high, supported at the corners by lions, and with a wheel and a small deer in front. It is detached from the back wall, and has been painted blue. Along the upper part of the back wall is a recess; and over the door of the sanctuary is an ornamental arch, with a makara at the springing line on either side, and a Naga figure with two attendants under the centre. The broken stair in the front aisle ascended into the verandah of the upper storey, which is supported by four columns and two pilasters; but only one of the latter remains, and is a very fine specimen. Above the stair-landing are many small Buddhas and two dagobas carved on the walls; while small chapels outside the verandah, at both ends, contain sculptured Buddhas. Outside, to the left, is a projecting jamb, on the top of which is a portion of a Naga raja. Somewhat lower is a curly-headed figure, holding up his left hand, which appears to have clasped the staff of a flag; and above him is a smaller figure. At each end of the verandah, are open chambers with carved pillars and rooms inside 11 feet by 9 feet. The entrances have plain mouldings; and over them are figures of Buddha and the dagoba. The hall is 53 feet by 50 feet by 11 feet 3 inches, and is supported by twelve plain columns enclosing the usual square area. The pillars have square bases and octagonal shafts, changing again to square under the bracket capitals, which contain figures of Buddha in small recesses. Opposite the central interspace of each side, and at the end of the last aisle, are chambers with pillars in front. Each chamber leads to an inner cell; and there are also three cells on each side, and one at the end of the right aisle. The frieze over the chapel on the left of the entrance is carved with elephants, one of them killing a tiger. The vestibule, 16 feet by 8½ feet, has colossal figures on each side of the shrine door; and other figures are at the ends of the room. The shrine consists of a statue of Buddha, with two antelopes on the front of the throne. The cave has been painted, [Very little can be made out of the few fragments of painting in the back wall of the lower storey and in the antechamber. A large palace scene was on the left back wall, and figures like Indra were on both sides of the shrine door. The paintings of the upper storey have almost disappeared; and the walls inside the chapel have been covered with Buddhas. A painted Dravidian building is in front of the left chapel, on each side of the cell-door. It contains a seated Buddha, and shows a circular ornament on the inside of the verandah roof, with strings of pearl's hanging from it. The other paintings are scarcely traceable; but the pattern of the ceiling can be made out in parts.] and has a larger number of sculptured Buddhas than any other monastery at Ajanta; but some of the figures appear to have been subsequently introduced. The architecture of Caves VI. and VII. is of a type not exactly found elsewhere; and the date of the caves may be fixed between A.D. 450 and A.D. 550.

Caves XIV. to XX. form the central group, and are among the most interesting at Ajanta, especially the viharas XVI. and XVII., and the chaitya Cave XIX. The architecture and paintings are full of beauty and interest; and these caves are perhaps superior to any similar group in India.