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Submitted by motist on Saturday, 29 May 2010  Page Views: 8374

Multi-periodSite Name: Aurangabad Caves
Country: India Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Aurangabad
Latitude: 19.917267N  Longitude: 75.311567E
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.
4 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.
5 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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Aurangabad Caves
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Ancient Temple in India. Aurangabad is located in a valley watered by the river Dudhna between the Sihyachal and Satara range of hills. The ancient name of Aurangabad is Khirki which means a ‘window’ or ‘entrance’. The Aurangabad caves are located on a hill running roughly east to west, nearly 2 km behind Bibi-ka-Maqbara. In all twelve Buddhist Caves are found here which fall into three separate groups depending on its location.

The first group consists of caves 1 to 5, the second 6 to 9 and third 10 to 12. The caves are datable from circa 2nd – 3rd century AD to 7th century AD. The first and the second groups are separated by nearly 500 metres from each other, with the former at the western side while the latter is on the eastern side of the same hill. The third group is further east of the second group.

At Aurangabad, due to its proximity to the ancient trade route and close to Pratishthana (modern Paithan), the capital of Satavahanas, patronage to religious activities can be understood, even though this is not corroborated by inscriptional evidences. Here the earliest excavations (Caves 1 & 3) probably date to 2nd – 3rd century A.D. Cave 3 is in the form of a chaitya griha of the Hinayana order, albeit preserved very badly due to the nature of the rock formation. The heterogeneous rock formation here has prevented very large scale excavations. The excavators have taken much care to avoid portions where the lose rock formations were present. Cave 1 is an unfinished vihara, the ceiling of verandah has fallen down. Cave 2 is also a vihara with a shrine of Buddha at the rear.

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Aurangabad Caves
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Aurangabad Caves
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Aurangabad Caves
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Aurangabad Caves
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Aurangabad Caves
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Aurangabad Caves
Aurangabad Caves submitted by durhamnature : Plan of cave 3, from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India

Aurangabad Caves
Aurangabad Caves submitted by durhamnature : Plan of cave 7, from "Cave Temples of India" via archive.org Site in India

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Aurangabad Caves
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Re: Aurangabad Caves by motist on Saturday, 29 May 2010
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http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ellora_aurangabad.asp

http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/As/India/Maharashtra/AurangabadC.htm
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