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Panorama of Barabar hill, with entrances to Sudama and Lomas Rishi caves Map of the caves in Barabar and Nagarjuni hills. Barabar Hill contains four caves: Karan Chaupar, Lomas Rishi, Sudama and Visvakarma. [1] Sudama and Lomas Rishi are the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India, [4] with architectural detailing made in the ...
The Cave is 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Gaya in Bihar, an eastern state in India and about 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) from Ajanta Caves. It is distant from other major archaeological sites related to art and architecture; for example, it is about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from Mathura and about 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) from Gandhara. [11]
The real-life Barabar Caves were used by an Ajivika sect during 322–185 BCE and eventually became somewhat of a tourist attraction. [3] E. M. Forster, having heard about them, decided to visit during a trip to India in 1913 and was left impressed by them. [4] After the book and film version, there was more awareness of the real-life Barabar ...
Karan Chaupar Cave Barabar and Nagarjuni hills, Jehanabad Upload Photo: N-BR-23 Vadathika Cave Barabar and Nagarjuni hils: Jehanabad Upload Photo: N-BR-24 Lomas Rishi Cave Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, Jehanabad Lomas Rishi Cave More images: N-BR-25 Sudama Cave Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, Jehanabad Sudama Cave More images: N-BR-26 Vapiyaka Cave
The Vadathika Cave Inscription, also called the Nagarjuni Hill Cave Inscription of Anantavarman, is a 5th- or 6th-century CE Sanskrit inscriptions in Gupta script found in the Nagarjuni hill cave of the Barabar Caves group in Gaya district Bihar. [1] The inscription is notable for including symbol for Om in Gupta era.
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The Gopika Cave Inscription, also called the Nagarjuni Hill Cave Inscription II of Anantavarman or formerly the Gya inscription (referring to the nearby city of Gaya), [1] [2] is a 5th- or 6th-century CE Sanskrit inscription in Late Brahmi found in the Nagarjuni hill cave of the Barabar Caves group in Gaya district, Bihar, India.