🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bhaja Caves
Shunga–Satavahana Early Buddhism · Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhist
One of India's earliest rock-cut Buddhist complexes (220 BCE–300 CE) on Sahyadri scarp above Indrayani River, with 22 caves.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Udayagiri Caves, Vidisha
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…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pattadakal Temple Complex
Early Chalukya 7th–8th century CE, peak 740–760 CE · Hindu (Shaiva, Vaishnava) under Chalukya Vikramaditya II
Chalukya structural temples laboratory fusing Nagara and Dravida shikhara styles.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 in India Region 8, India is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 in India Region 11, India is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Kalyani Stepped Well East
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kalyani Stepped Well East in Rajasthan, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya
Maurya to Gupta and Pala (3rd c. BCE–6th c. CE core; current 5th–6th c. brick shikhara) · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan-Gupta-Pala)
Mahabodhi (5th–6th c. Gupta brick shikhara 55m) – on Vajrasana where Buddha attained enlightenment under Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa descendant).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chandraketugarh
Early Historic 400 BCE–12th c · Gangetic NBPW → Sunga–Satavahana → Gupta–Pala
Chandraketugarh — Early Historic port-city of Gangaridai (400 BCE–12th c CE) on Bidyadhari 35 km NE Kolkata, excavated 1957–68 Asok Datta. Ptolemy's Gange candidate, Wari western partner.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Brihadeeswarar Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Chola c.1035 CE · Chola Hindu (Tamil)
Gangaikonda Cholapuram Brihadeeswarar (1035, Rajendra Chola I) – sister to Thanjavur: 55m vimana, concave curve vs Thanjavur's straight, 9m Nandi, Simhakeni tank.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chennakesava Temple Complex Belur
Hoysala 1117–1210 CE · Hoysala Vaishnava
Chennakesava (1117) – Hoysala Vishnu soapstone flagship commissioned by Vishnuvardhana after Talakad victory.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dilwara Temples Mount Abu
Chaulukya-Solanki 11th–13th c. · Jain Śvetāmbara (Solanki)
Dilwara – five Jain Śvetāmbara marble temples on Mount Abu plateau (1031–1582): Vimal Vasahi (Adinatha, 1031 Vimal Shah, Chalukya craftsmen) with lotus ceiling pendent dome carved as concentric lace;…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kallanai South Sluice — Grand Anicut Vennar Distributary Head
Chola Early historic to Medieval (100 – 1030 CE) · Tamil Chola hydraulic statecraft
South Vennar regulator of 2nd-c Chola anicut with Rajendra I inscriptions 1012 CE.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Group of Monuments at Hampi (Vijayanagara)
Vijayanagara Empire 1336–1565 CE (Sangama to Tuluva) · Vijayanagara Hindu (Telugu-Kannada)
Ruined imperial capital of Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1565 CE) sprawling 25 km² on Tungabhadra River among boulder hills.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya
Mauryan 260 BCE to Pala 12th c CE; temple late Gupta 5th–6th c · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan → Gupta → Pala)
Holiest Buddhist site where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment c.528 BCE under Bodhi Tree descendant.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Lemuria – Tamil Kumari Lost Continent Pseudo-Land
Claimed 30000 BCE (Sangam) vs Seychelles 65 Ma · Pseudo Sclater / Tamil nationalist
Sclater 1864 lemur continent south of Kanyakumari — drilling shows Seychelles microcontinent 65 Ma not 30000 Recorded context — Period: Claimed 30000 BCE (Sangam) vs Seychelles 65 Ma; Culture: Pseudo…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Ajanta Caves
Satavahana early phase 200 BCE–100 CE; Vakataka renaissance 460–480 CE · Buddhist (Hinayana → Mahayana)
Thirty horseshoe-gorge rock-cut caves overlooking Waghora River with exquisite murals and sculptures: early 2nd century BCE–1st century CE Hinayana phase and later 460–480 CE Mahayana phase under…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
Period Medieval · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 in India Region 10, India is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kallanai Grand Anicut
Sangam Period, Early Historic to Colonial · Tamil Chola (Sangam)
2nd century Chola granite anicut (329 m, 150 CE) on Kaveri River, oldest functional dam in world irrigating one million acres.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Koldihwa
Vindhyan Neolithic (7000–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000 BCE) · Vindhyan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara) → Chalcolithic
Belan Valley Neolithic type-site (c.7000–2000 BCE) on the Belan River 80 km southeast of Prayagraj (Allahabad) — Koldihwa (with Mahagara adjacent) excavated 1973–76 by G.R. Sharma and J.M.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Mahagara
Neolithic (6500–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000) → Iron Age · Vindhyan Belan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara)
Complementary Belan Valley Neolithic–Chalcolithic settlement (c.6500–2000 BCE) 5 km downstream of Koldihwa on the Belan River near Mahagara village — excavated together with Koldihwa (1975–77) by G.R.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Balathal
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 500 BCE–300 CE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Northern Black Polished Ware Historic
Key Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic village-town (c.3000–1500 BCE) near Vallabhnagar northeast of Udaipur — under 2 ha mound with 7 seasons excavation 1993–2000 by V.N. Misra et al. (Deccan College).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Kayatha
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 BCE → Malwa 1700–1500 → Early Historic · Kayatha Chalcolithic → Ahar → Malwa → Sunga-Kushan-Gupta
Type-site of Malwa Kayatha Chalcolithic culture (2400–1700 BCE) on Choti Kali Sindh — earliest farming village in Malwa with five-period stratigraphy.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Kuchai
Neolithic (3000–1500) → Chalcolithic (1500–1000 BCE) · Eastern Neolithic (Chhotanagpur–Mayurbhanj)
Eastern India Neolithic–Chalcolithic type-site (c.3000–1000 BCE) at Kuchai, Mayurbhanj plateau — Neolithic ground-stone axe factory and village excavated 1972–78 by B.K. Thapar and D.K.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Taradih
Narhan Chalcolithic (2000–700) → NBPW–Mauryan → Buddhist Pala 200 BCE–1200 CE · Middle Ganga Chalcolithic → Buddhist Magadha (Mauryan–Pala)
Multi-period village-to-monastery mound (c.2000 BCE–1200 CE) at Taradih, 3 km south of Mahabodhi Bodh Gaya — excavated 1981–84 by R.D.