Cave XXII. is a very small vihara, 16 feet 6 inches square and 9 feet high, having four unfinished cells, a very pretty door, and a narrow verandah with two pillars, both of which are broken. The sanctuary opens direct from the cave, and contains an image of Buddha, with his feet on the lotus. In front of the lion throne is the chakra or wheel, with two small deer as vahans, and with worshippers on either side. To the right of Buddha, beyond the chauri-bearer, is Padmapani. and another attendant is on the left. Below the painting and inscriptions on the right is a figure of Buddha on the lotus, with chauri-bearers, and two little spirits above his head holding a crown. A pair of standing figures are roughly blocked out on the other side of the shrine. [There are fragments of painting on the roof at each end of the back wall, on the right of the back wall, and on the right side wall near the back, with three figures of Buddha on the lower portion of it. The upper part of the wall, on the right side of the shrine, has seven painted Buddhas, each under his Bodhi tree. Their names are painted beneath them-Vipashyi, Shikhi, Vishvabhu, * * * * Kanakamuni, Kashyapa, Sakyamuni, and Maitreya. The missing name is Krakutsanda. These are the earth-born Buddhas, and below their names the following inscription is painted:-" The charitable gifts of Sakya Bhikshu * * * * may the merit of this * * * * be to father and mother and to all beings * * * * endowed with beauty and good fortune, good qualities, and organs, the bright * * * * protectors of light * * * * thus become pleasing to the eye."]
