Archaeological Sites in India
Cave Structures in India (27)
Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves constitute ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-metre wall of rock. The caves also present paintings depicting…
Arvalem Caves
The Arvalem Caves, also known as the Pandava Caves, are five adjoining rock-cut chamber caves carved into laterite hills near Sanquelim in North Goa's Bicholim taluka. Dating from…
Bava Pyare Caves
The Bava Pyara Caves are ancient rock-cut caverns near Junagadh in Gujarat, India, forming part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Groups. The complex comprises 13 caves modelled on…
Bedse Caves
Bedse Caves are Buddhist rock-cut monuments in Maval taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, dating to the 1st century BCE during the Satavahana period. Located approximately 9…
Bhaja Caves
Bhaja Caves are a group of 22 rock-cut caves dating back to the 2nd century BC located off the Mumbai - Pune expressway near the city of Pune. The caves are 400 feet above the…
Bhimashankar Buddhist Caves
One of three groups of Hinayana Buddhist rock-cut caves on Manmodi Hill, about 3 km south of Junnar, Maharashtra, carved between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The Bhimashankar…
Bhutalinga Buddhist Caves
A group of Hinayana Buddhist rock-cut caves on Manmodi Hill near Junnar, Maharashtra, dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. The Bhutalinga group contains the…
Bojjanna Konda
Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda are two rock-cut caves of Buddhist origin on adjacent hillocks situated near the village of Sankaram, Anakapalle of ancient Kalinga in the Indian…
Buddhist Caves of Khapra Kodiya
The Khapra Kodiya Caves are part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Group. They are the oldest of the caves in the group. The caves, on the basis of scribbles and short cursive letters…
Cave 20 - Pandavleni Caves
Cave 20 is one of 24 ancient Buddhist rock-cut caves at the Pandavleni (Trirashmi) complex near Nashik, Maharashtra, India, carved into Trirasmi Hill at 3,000 feet elevation. The…
Cavernas de Marabar
The Barabar caves greatly influenced the tradition of rock-cut architecture in the Indian subcontinent. The Ashoka inscriptions in the Barabar Caves are part of Ashoka's "Minor…
Dhank Caves
The Dhank Caves are located near Dhank village near Upleta, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India. The caves are influenced by Buddhist and Jain cultures. The Jain cave includes figures…
Elephanta Caves
The Elephanta Caves form a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva; UNESCO has designated them as a World Heritage Site. They are located on…
Jogimara Caves
The Sitabenga and Jogimara Caves, sometimes referred to either as Sitabenga Cave or Jogimara Cave, are ancient cave monuments nested in the north side of Ramgarh hills in Puta…
Kadia Dungar Buddhist Cave
Seven Buddhist caves carved into a hill at Kadia Dungar near Zazpor village in Bharuch district, Gujarat, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The complex showcases vihara-style…
Kanheri Caves
The Kanheri Caves are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments, cut into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, on the island of Salsette in…
Karla Buddha Caves
The Karla Caves, Karli Caves, Karle Caves or Karla Cells, are a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut caves at Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra. The shrines were developed…
Kondana Buddhist Caves
Located in the village of Kondhane, 33 km north of Lonavala in Maharashtra, India, the Kondana Caves consist of 16 ancient Buddhist rock-cut chambers dating to the 1st century…
Mahakali Caves
The Mahakali Caves are a group of 19 rock-cut monuments built between 4th century BCE and 6th century CE. This Buddhist monastery is located in the eastern suburb of Andheri in…
Manmodi Caves
Manmodi Caves are a complex of rock-cut caves located about 3 km to the south of the city of Junnar in India. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar include the Tulja Caves,…
Pandavleni Caves
The Pandavleni Caves (also known as Nashik or Trirashmi Caves) are a Buddhist and Jain site located about 8 km south of Nashik, Maharashtra, India. Most of the caves are viharas…
Pitalkhora Buddhist Caves
The Pitalkhora Caves, in the Satmala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, are an ancient Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments which date back to the…
Sita Gufa
Sita Gufa is a sacred cave in Panchavati, Nashik, Maharashtra, deeply connected to the Hindu epic Ramayana. According to tradition, this is where Goddess Sita lived with Lord Rama…
Swarn Bhandar
Son Bhandar (Swarn Bhandar) Caves are two Jain man-made caves carved into the base of the Vaibhar Hills in Rajgir, Bihar. Generally dated to the 3rd-4th century AD based on a…
Talaja Caves
The Talaja Caves are an ancient rock-cut cave complex in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, dating from the 2nd century BC. The site comprises approximately 30 caves, of which around 15…
Tulja Buddhist Caves
The caves belong to the Hinayana phase of Buddhism. The most notable feature is a circular chaitya hall with twelve octagonal pillars surrounding a central stupa, topped by a dome.
Undavalli Caves
The Undavalli Caves are monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture, located in Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The caves are located south west of Vijayawada.…
Fortress/citadel in India (3)
Hadsar Fort
Hadsar Fort is a fortress in the Junnar region of Pune district, India, strategically positioned to protect the ancient commercial trade route from the Mawal region to Kalyan via…
Jivdhan Fort
Jivdhan is a hill fortress situated 1 km from modern town of Ghatghar in Junnar Taluka of Pune district in Maharashtra, India. The fort, which rises 1,145 meters above sea level,…
Khuntichi Vaat Hadsar Fort
Hadsar Fort is a stone hill fort standing in ruins in the Junnar region of Pune district, Maharashtra. The fort is believed to have been built in the Satavahana era, and its…
Temple complex in India (3)
Aihole
Aihole, also referred to as Aivalli, Ahivolal or Aryapura, is a historic site of ancient and medieval-era Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments in Karnataka. Located around an…
Bhairavakona Waterfalls
The Bhairavakona rock cut cave temples are a historically important Shaivism tradition site. They are carved out of a single rock in the Nallamala hills. The notable features of…
Guntupalli Buddhist Caves
The Guntupalle or Guntupalli Group of Buddhist Monuments is located near Kamavarapukota, Eluru district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The rock-cut part of the site has…
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