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write about the cave temples of Ancient India​

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Ellora Caves History

Built during 600 to 1000 CE, Ellora Caves lie in the Sahyadri hills in Aurangabad and is a 2-hour drive from the Ajanta Caves. The Ellora Caves comprise Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temples and over a 100 caves with only 34 open to the public excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandari hills. Ellora Caves served as lodgings to the travelling Buddhist and Jain monks besides being a site for the trade route. There are 17 Hindu caves, 12 Buddhist and five Jain caves with deities, carvings and even monasteries depicting the mythology of each religion. These caves constructed near each other stand for the harmony and solidarity among all faiths and beliefs.

A part of the Hindu and Buddhist Caves were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and the Jain Caves were built by the Yadav dynasty. It is not yet established as to which caves were built first - the Hindu or the Buddhist. Based on the archaeological evidence found at various sites it was deduced that there were essentially three major construction periods for the Ellora caves: early Hindu period from 550 to 600 CE, Buddhist period from 600 to 730 CE, and the final phase, the Jain and Hindu period lasting from 730 to 950 CE.

Ellora Caves Architecture

Although the deities and idols in the caves have been damaged, the paintings, carvings remain as it is. The inscriptions on the walls of the Ellora Caves date back to the 6th century and a famous one is the Rashtrakuta Dantidurga on the mandapa of Cave 15 inscribed during 753 to 757 AD. Out of all the excavations done, Cave 16 or Kailasha temple - a monument dedicated to Shiva is the largest single monolithic rock excavated in the world. It was built during 757-783 AD by Krishna I who was the uncle of Dantidurga.

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The cave temples of Ancient India​ :-

   

• The Kailash Temple, or cave 16 as it is known at Ellora Caves located at Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau, is a huge monolithic temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are 34 caves built at this site, but the other 33 caves, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain, were carved into the side of the plateau rock.
• Cave temple at the Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra state, India, designated a World Heritage site in 1983. Stone reliefs in a cave temple on Elephanta Island, India. Entrance to cave temples on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbour, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• Badami is truly famous for its Cave Temples that date back to the 6th and 7th centuries. Located at Badami in Bagalkot district of Karnataka, Cave Temples represent the fine architectural style of ancient times.
• Varaha Cave This rock-cut, Hindu temple is located at Mamallapuram, an ancient historic town and once bustling seaport by the Bay of Bengal in Tamil Nadu, India. Varaha was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. It is estimated to date back to the 7th century C.E. under the rule of the Pallava dynasty, one of South India’s most prominent lines of rulers. With intricately detailed pillars and elaborate sculptures of mythical figures, the cave’s interiors are spectacularly gripping.

• Udaayagiri Caves located near the city of Vidisha, northeast of Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the Udayagiri Caves are some of the most important archaeological sites remaining from the Gupta empire, which ruled parts of the subcontinent around the 4th to 6th century C.E. Featuring about twenty caves, out of which one is dedicated to Jainism and the rest to Hinduism, Udayagiri is known mostly for its ancient Hindu imagery, particularly a sculpture of Vishnu in his incarnation as the boar-headed Varaha.