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The Avantiswami Temple is an ancient ruined Hindu temple located on the banks of the Jhelum River, 28 km away from Srinagar in Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India.Its ruins once consisted of two temples dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu, [1] and were built under king Avantivarman of the Utpala dynasty in the 9th century CE.
The culture is a mixture of Indian and Tibetan cultures. Several settlements are linked to Buddhist monasteries (Key Monastery pictured). From the natural perspective, the area is home to endangered species such as the snow leopard, Tibetan antelope, and the Himalayan wolf. [90] Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Grand ...
Three Ancient Mounds: N-RJ-52 Ancient Mounds Manak: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-53 Ancient Mounds Munda: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-54 Ancient Mounds Peer Sultan: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-55 Ancient Mounds Pilibangan: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-56 Two Ancient Mounds Mathula: Ganganagar Upload Photo: N-RJ-57 Ancient Mounds Chak ...
In India, caves have long been regarded as sacred places. Caves that were enlarged or entirely man-made were believed to be as sacred as natural caves. The sanctuary in all Indian religious structures, even free-standing ones, was designed to have the same cave-like feeling, as it is generally small and dark, without natural light. [5]
Chakrabarti D.K. 1988 A history of Indian archeology from the beginning to 1947; Chakrabarti D.K. 2006. The Oxford companion to Indian archaeology : the archaeological foundations of ancient India, Stone Age to AD 13th century; Braj Basi Lal (2011). Piecing Together - Memoirs of an Archaeologist. Aryan Books International. ISBN 978-81-7305-417-4.
The Three Chortens where the royal family of Sikkim used to offer prayers to their deities at Rabdentse palace Rabdentse Palace ruins. Rabdentse Palace, Sikkim, India.jpg The ruins seen now in Rabdentse consist mainly of "chunky wall stubs" whose heritage value is accentuated by its location on a ridge, near upper Pelling (3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away) from where commanding views of the ...
The Sutyagin House is often considered one of the tallest wooden houses in the world. Entrepreneur Nikolai Petrovich Sutyagin started building the large wooden home in 1992, and it reached 144 ...
Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.