[3] Shortly after it was discovered, the sculpture was brought to the attention of William Kincaid (Indian Civil Service) who had been working in central India since 1866.

The goddess Ambika is carved from white marble in high relief and wears a tiered headdress with her hair tied to one side.

On the stepped face of the base, below the goddess's feet, is a small kneeling female donor, engraved in outline form.

It has been suggested that Vararuci is in fact the Jain scholar Dhanapāla, who held a prominent place at the court of king Bhoja during the eleventh century.

Vararuci, who is intent on the dharma of the Candranagarī and Vidyādharī [branches of the Jain religion] of srīmad Bhoja the king, the apsaras [as it were] for the easy removal [of ignorance?