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Submitted by Motist on Tuesday, 30 May 2006  Page Views: 10429

Rock ArtSite Name: Karla caves
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 31.47 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Lonoavale  Nearest Village: Karli
Latitude: 18.782924N  Longitude: 73.470350E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by motist : Karla Caves near Lonavla in Maharashtra, India. Dated to +- 200 BCE. Carved into the living rock, this is the bigest Chitaya temple in India from HINAYANA Buddhist era. It is 40 metres long, 15 metres high. It was built in 80 BCE by monks and artists that depicted the well known artistic carving. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in India

Karla Caves is a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut architecture cave shrines developed over two periods - from 2nd century B.C to 2nd century C.E. and in 5th - 10th century. Even though the caves were constructed over a period of time and the oldest one is believed to date back to 160 BC. Located in Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra, the caves are on a major ancient trade route, running eastward from the Arabian Sea into the Deccan. Karli's location in Maharashtra places it in a region that is the division between North India and South India. Buddhism, having become identified with commerce and manufacturing through their early association with traders, tended to locate their monastic establishes in natural areas close to major trade routes so as to provide lodging houses for travelling traders. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Caves
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Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Interior, from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Image from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Cave plan and section from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Karla caves submitted by Sunny100 : Site in India. Entrance to The Karla Caves Temple painted by Henry Salt in 1804. The temple dates from 80 BC and was probably built for Ashoka, king of the Mauryan Empire. He was the first king of India to accept the teachings of Buddha. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Karla Caves
Karla Caves submitted by motist : Karla Caves near Lonavla in Maharashtra, India Dating to +- 200 BCE Carved into the living rock, this is the bigest Chitaya temple in India from HINAYANA Buddhist era. It is 40 Meters long and 15 Meters high. It was built in 80 BCE by monks and artists that depicted the well known artistic carving. (1 comment)

Karla Caves
Karla Caves submitted by motist : Karla Caves near Lonavla in Maharashtra, India Dating to +- 200 BCE Carved into the living rock, this is the bigest Chitaya temple in India from HINAYANA Buddhist era. It is 40 Meters long and 15 Meters high. It was built in 80 BCE by monks and artists that depicted the well known artistic wood carving.

Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by motist : Karla Caves near Lonavla in Maharashtra, India Dating to +- 200 BCE Carved into the living rock, this is the bigest Chitaya temple in India from HINAYANA Buddhist era. It is 40 Meters long, 15 Meters high. It was built in 80 BCE by monks and artists that depicted the well known artistic carving. (1 comment)

Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by motist : Karla caves

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Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Detail from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India

Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Rock-cut Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India

Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Rock-cut Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India

Karla caves
Karla caves submitted by motist : Karla caves

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Re: Karla caves by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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