[2] The small town is most famous for the Karla Caves—a 1st-century BC Buddhist temple complex or chaityas cut out of stone.

The outside facade is in bad repair due to stone breakage as well as the erosion of intricate details carved to imitate finished wood.

The Bombay government now sent an army to the Konkan, with orders to march across the Western Ghauts on Poonah.

An advanced party of under Captain Stewart first took possession of the Bhore Ghaut, where they were joined by the main army under Colonel Charles Egerton.

Hartley had been offered the post of quartermaster general to the army, but he preferred to take his place at the head of his battalion.