Take the following as truth: The use of rock-cut sanctuaries goes back to the time of Emperor Ashoka, during the third century b.c. , when itinerant Buddhist monks formed a religious order and the emperor provided them with rock-hewn cells as a vihara (retreat) during the monsoons.
Then the following statement: "Rock cells became a traditional dwelling place for Buddhist monks in the centuries that followed." is true, false, or inconclusive?