Cave II. was a temple for worship, but is not of the usual pattern of a Buddhist chaitya, and the form was perhaps borrowed from Brahmanical temples. The front, which is now destroyed, consisted of a verandah 21 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 10 inches, supported on two pillars and their corresponding pilasters. An inside aisle 9 feet by 21 feet, adjoins the shrine, which is surrounded by a pradakshina, 4 feet wide all round. The face of the shrine is 14 feet 1 inch in length; and on either side of the doorway is a tall dvarapala standing on a lotus flower, attended by a vidyadhara and a Naga with the five-hooded cobra. The figure on the left is rather plainly dressed, and may be Padmapani, as it has a small Buddha on the forehead, and holds a lotus stalk in the right hand. The other figure is more elaborately dressed and may be Indra. A seated Buddha, 9 feet high, is inside the shrine, with his feet en a lotus flower, and his hands in the teaching attitude, while celestial admirers are on each shoulder. These images were once painted; and the walls contained four rows of smaller figures, in various attitudes, each figure attended by chauri-bearers. The walls of the pradakahina are also covered with similar figures. The cave was probably executed in the same century as the last.
