The next band, carved on two sides, starts above the figure of the lady described above with it’s both sides having two countersunk panels each in form of niches of a temple, the shikhara’s of which give clues about the form of the shikhara which once may have adorned the shrine. The lower panel has a male figure on west and a lady on south who are shown holding garlands or flowers, while the top panel has a dancer on west and a musician on south. The shaft above these panels become octagonal and later turns to sixteen-faceted topped with pot-and-foliage capital where an overhanging lintel rests above.

The lintel has three large and two small chaitya shikharas in alternate fashion of which the small chaityas have a figure inside, of which one seems to be a human and another an animal, probably a lion. In between the lintel of dhatura-foliage band and the current band, a window pattern frieze is provided with embossed and countersunk panels in alternate fashion. The embossed panels have heads of lions and human while countersunk panels are empty.

The next two inner bands have a figure of male and female at their bases, probably representing the dvarapala of the shrine with his wife. A halo behind the male figure probably suggests his high ranking. The third band which has six rectangular panels, three small depicting figures of dwarfs and three big depicting amorous couples in alternate fashion, rises above the head of the lady.

A kirtimukha adorns the top of the jambs where the horizontal frieze over lintel depicts flying ganas converging towards the central figure. The fourth and the innermost band emerges above the head of the dvarapala, of which the left side is formed with a vertical line of circular rosettes while the right consists of a foliage which emerges from the navel of a gana. In between the foliage which continues over the lintel, few human figures are depicted plucking flowers. The overall impact of the various carvings is superb.

To be continued......