ARCHITECTURAL STUDY ON VIHARAS OF BUDDHIST CAVES OF KANHERI IN INDIA (PART 1) : AREA AND CEILING HEIGHT OF EARLY VIHARAS OF BUDDHIST CAVES OF KANHERI

This paper is the 1st paper of architectural study on viharas of Buddhist caves of Kanheri, in India. Firstly, the results of measurements conducted on 69 examples of early viharas were presented, including plans of caves not previously featured in existing literature. Additionally, the differences in the sizes of the main components of early viharas, the hall and the chamber, in terms of area and ceiling height were analyzed, and the intended purposes of the hall and chamber were discussed. Based on these results, typologies of the floor plans of each viharas composed of hall and cell(s) were presented.