Word: tatung
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...since no inscription was in sight, it was obvious that the cave chapel dated from the first half of the sixth century. Although many of the carvings were wrecked, there remained enough to show that they belonged to the same period as the great caves at Lung Men and Tatung Fu. The cave was important for two reasons; first, because of the great carven elephants that stood at each corner of the central core pillar, and the Jataka tales sculptured on the walls, features unique, it is believed, in the sculpture of the period; and secondly, because of its situation...