Over a hundred feet from the entrance is a cross-hall, several hundred feet long, in which was found the idol, or image, of the peoples god, sitting cross-legged, with a Lotus flower or Lily in each hand. The cast of the face is Oriental, and the carving shows a skillful hand, and the entire is remarkably well preserved, as is everything in this cavern.
Buddha is confirmed to have been a white skinned, blue eyed, red headed Aryan. The transformation into an Asian is a much more recent sociological event within the last several hundred years. Just like that, we have a dating of the cave.
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