| Vehicle type Innova |
The caves of the second phase were excavated during the supremacy
of the Vakatakas and Guptas. According to inscriptions,
Varahadeva, the minister of the Vakataka king, Harishena (c.
475-500 AD), dedicated Cave 16 to the Buddhist sangha while Cave
17 was the gift of the prince, a feudatory. An inscription
records that- Buddha image in Cave 4 was the gift of some
Abhayanandi who hailed from Mathura.