[1] The Bava Pyara caves were visited by James Burgess, an English archaeologist and founder of The Indian Antiquary.

According to Burgess these caves were initially built for Buddhists bhikkhus and were in a later period occupied by Jain ascetics.

Sankalia recorded about eleven auspicious symbols, "Nandhyavarta", "Swastika", "Darpan", "Bhadrasana", "Meen Yugal" and "Purna Ghata".

On a small entrance of one of the caves in the second row at the south end are two symbols depicting Vyala figures.

According to Madhusudan Dhaky, based on the Vyala figure, the Bava pyara cave is from the 2nd or 3rd century AD.