<P> The Cave 11 is a monastery (19.87 X 17.35 m) from the later 5th century . The cave veranda has pillars with octagonal shafts and square bases . The ceiling of the veranda shows evidence of floral designs and eroded reliefs . Only the center panel is discernible wherein the Buddha is seen with votaries lining up to pray before him . Inside, the cave consists of a hall with a long rock bench opening into six rooms . Similar stone benches are found in Nasik caves . Another pillared verandah ends in a sanctum with seated Buddha against an incomplete stupa, and has four cells . </P> <P> The cave has a few paintings showing Bodhisattvas and the Buddha . Of these, the Padmapani, a couple gathered to pray, a pair of peafowl, and a female figure painting have survived in the best condition . The sanctum of this cave may be among the last structures built at Ajanta because it features a circumambulation path around the seated Buddha . </P> <P> According to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Cave 12 is an early stage Hinayana (Theravada) monastery (14.9 X 17.82 m) from the 2nd to 1st century BCE . Spink however only dates it to the 1st century BCE . </P> <P> The cave is damaged with its front wall completely collapsed . Its three sides inside have twelve cells, each with two stone beds . </P>

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