Kuda
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kuda
Village in the Mangaon Taluka of Kolaba District, Bombay, situated in 18° 17' N. and 73° 6' E., 13 miles north-west of Mangaon and 2 miles east of the north-east arm of the Rajpuri creek. Popu- lation (1901), 481. Kuda has a group of twenty-six Buddhist caves and eleven cisterns (100 B.C. — a.d. 500), commanding a beautiful view of the creek and the distant hills. Five of the caves are chaityas or shrines, and many of them contain inscriptions recording the names of the donors.
The sixth cave alone contains sculptures, which consist of two elephants on either side of the front court, and figures of Buddha carved on the front of the cave, on the pillars of the veranda, and on the back wall. In the rear of the main hall is a parapet ornamented with animal figures, while male and female figures with a curious headdress are depicted on the back wall at the point where it meets the parapet. The inscriptions number altogether twenty-four, and are fully described, with other features of the caves, in the Thana District Gazetteer.
Kuda
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Synonyms: Koda, Matya [Orissa] Surnames: Behera [Orissa] Exogamous units/clans: Dumdum, Ghora, Hua, Pahene, Surin [Orissa]
