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Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 2–1 c. BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan sphere)
Four-stupa Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist hilltop complex (3 c. BCE–6 c. CE) on Vindhyan escarpment between Rewa and Prayag.
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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 2–1 c. BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan sphere)
Four-stupa Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist hilltop complex (3 c. BCE–6 c. CE) on Vindhyan escarpment between Rewa and Prayag.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Maurya → Satavahana 230 BCE–220 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Satavahana Early Buddhist (Hinayana) → Brahmanical
200+ Satavahana rock-cut caves on Nanaghat pass (300 BCE–400 CE) — Naganika Brahmi inscription of Vedic rites.
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Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Lower Rajasthan Necropolis B — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-26) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
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Saka–Gupta 1st c BCE–6th c CE · Saka–Gupta Brahmanical (Vishnu–Varaha) — Early Classical
Eran Gupta Temple Complex — ancient Airikina (Saka–Gupta 1st c BCE–510 CE) on Bina River at Sagar, famed for earliest Gupta temples and Eran boar (Varaha) inscription of Toramana (510 CE) and Alchon…
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Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Rajasthan Sanctuary West — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-10) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
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Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Rajasthan Citadel A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-40) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
New Khajuraho Hilltop East — Khajuraho (60-28) at Khajuraho, India is a Early Historic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Royal Khajuraho Temple Central — Khajuraho (60-36) at Khajuraho, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
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Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Khajuraho Platform West — Khajuraho (60-22) at Khajuraho, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-34) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
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Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Hampi — Vittala Ancillary Musical Pillar (Vijayanagara) in Karnataka, Vijayanagara, Hampi, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple comp…
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Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Old Khajuraho Sanctuary Inner — Khajuraho (60-20) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) contested of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
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Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Central Khajuraho Sanctuary B — Khajuraho (60-45) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) contested of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
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Classical (regional) · Classical
Old Khajuraho Ridge East — Khajuraho (60-14) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
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Mauryan to Ikshvaku 300 BCE–400 CE · Satavahana / Ikshvaku
Largest Buddhist stupa in Deccan (c.300 BCE–300 CE), 50 m diameter drum plus 15 m high dome and 42 m high railing, capital of Satavahana (Andhra) empire's Buddhist centre Dhanyakataka.
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Shunga 187–78 BCE · Shunga (Maurya successors)
Great Shunga Buddhist stupa (c.150 BCE) whose 8 m-high gateway and 3.2 m limestone railing — longest early Indian stone railing (40 m diameter stupa) — was dismantled in 1873–76 by Cunningham and is…
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Kalinga (Maha-Meghavahana) early historic · Jain (Digambara) / Royal Kalinga
Earliest Jain monastic caves in eastern India (2nd c. BCE–2nd c. CE) on twin sandstone hills near Bhubaneswar — 33 caves on Udayagiri and Khandagiri — excavated under Kalinga king Kharavela (c.40…
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Early Historic (200 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Yeleshwaram — Andhra Early Buddhist in Andhra Pradesh, Nalgonda, India is a Early Historic (200 BCE–200 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
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Early Historic (300 BCE–400 CE) · Satavahana-Ikshvaku
Nelakondapalli — Khammam Stupa in Telangana, Khammam, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–400 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana-Ikshvaku culture.
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Early Pandya origins 6th c., current Nayak 1623–1655 CE · Hindu (Shavite-Shakti) under Nayak kingdom of Madurai
Sprawling Nayak temple-city with 14 colourful gopurams and musical stone pillars.
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Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Dhulikatta — Buddhist Stupa Fort in Telangana, Karimnagar, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Satavahana to Ikshvaku Late Andhra 200 BCE–400 CE · Ikshvaku / Mahayana Buddhist
Vast Ikshvaku dynasty capital and Buddhist university city (c.200–400 CE) on Krishna River, 30+ Buddhist monasteries with 9 mahastupas, Brahminical temples and Europe's largest collection of early…
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Gupta Classical Golden Age 320–550 CE · Brahminical Hindu (Vaishnava) with Jain retain
Gupta imperial rock-cut shrine cluster (4th–5th c. CE) on Vidisha sandstone ridge, 20 caves including Cave 5 — colossal 4 m monolithic Varaha (boar) avatar rescuing Bhudevi, symbolising Gupta king…
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The Dhank Caves are located near Dhank village near Upleta, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India. They were chiseled out of a calcareous sandstone outcropping during the regime of the Western Satraps.
