Archaeological Sites in India
Cave Structures in India (23)
Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments located in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India, dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE. A UNESCO World…
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…
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…
Buddhist Caves of Khapra Kodiya
The Khapra Kodiya Caves, part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Group in Gujarat, are the oldest caves in the cluster, dating to the 3rd-4th century BCE based on ancient scribbles and…
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
A group of seven rock-cut caves in Bihar's Jehanabad district, India, recognized as the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in the country, dating to the Maurya Empire (3rd century…
Dhank Buddhist Archaeological Site
Rock-cut Buddhist and Jain caves (1st-5th c. AD) near Dhank village, Gujarat, carved from calcareous sandstone during the Western Satraps period. The site features the earliest…
Jogimara Caves
The Jogimara and Sitabenga Caves are ancient rock-cut monuments on the western slope of Ramgarh Hill in Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, dated to the 3rd-2nd century BCE. Jogimara…
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
A group of caves and rock-cut Buddhist monuments carved into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Salsette Island, western outskirts of…
Karla Buddha Caves
A complex of ancient Buddhist rock-cut caves near Lonavala in Maharashtra, India, about 60 km from Pune, developed between the 2nd century BC and the 5th century AD. The site…
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 (also called Kondivite Caves) are a group of 19 Buddhist rock-cut monuments in Andheri East, Mumbai, carved from solid black basalt between the 1st century BCE…
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, located in the Satmala range of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India, comprise 14 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating to the 3rd century BCE. These…
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
Tulja Caves (Tulja Lena) are a group of 11 rock-cut Buddhist caves located about 3 km west of Junnar in Maharashtra, part of a cluster of over 200 Buddhist caves in the Junnar…
Temple complex in India (9)
Aihole
Aihole in Karnataka, India, was the capital of the early Chalukya dynasty and is regarded as the cradle of Indian temple architecture. The site contains over 125 Hindu, Jain, and…
Bhairavakona Waterfalls
A Shaivite rock-cut cave temple complex in the Nallamala Hills, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, built between 600-630 AD under Pallava king Mahendra Varma and later expanded by…
Bhaja Caves
Bhaja Caves are a group of 22 rock-cut Buddhist caves dating to the 2nd century BC, situated 400 feet above the village of Bhaja on an ancient trade route from the Arabian Sea…
Bojjanna Konda
Bojjannakonda is a Buddhist rock-cut cave complex on a hillock near Sankaram village in Andhra Pradesh, established between the 4th and 9th centuries AD when Buddhism dominated…
Elephanta Caves
The Elephanta Caves are a rock-cut temple complex on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbour, Maharashtra, dating to approximately the 2nd century BCE. Predominantly dedicated to the…
Guntupalli Buddhist Caves
A group of Buddhist monuments near Kamavarapukota, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, dating from the 3rd-2nd century BCE to the 5th-6th century CE. Known as "Andhra Ajanta," the…
Krishnabai Mandir
Krishnabai Mandir is an old Hindu temple built on a hilltop that overlooks the Krishna valley. The temple is traditionally revered as the source of the Krishna River, one of…
Sundarnarayan Temple
Sundarnarayan Temple in Nashik, Maharashtra, was built by Gangadhar Yashwant Chandrachud in 1756 during the Peshwa era. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Sundarnarayan, flanked by…
Undavalli Caves
Undavalli Caves are monolithic rock-cut temples in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, southwest of Vijayawada. Carved from solid sandstone hills in the 4th–5th centuries CE,…
Fortress/citadel in India (4)
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 at 1,145 m elevation in the Sahyadri range near Junnar, Pune district, Maharashtra. Its origins trace to the Satavahana dynasty (2nd c. BCE - 2nd c.…
Khuntichi Vaat Hadsar Fort
Hadsar Fort is a Satavahana-era fortification (2nd century BC - 3rd century AD) in the Junnar region of Pune district, Maharashtra, at 3,200 feet elevation. Built to protect the…
Sudha Gad Fort
Sudhagad (also known as Bhorapgad) is a hill fort at 620 metres elevation in Raigad District, Maharashtra, India, with origins dating to the 2nd century BC. Named after its patron…
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