🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Pataleshwar Cave Temple, Pune
Early Medieval (Rashtrakuta) · Rashtrakuta Shaivite Brahminical (Kannarid influence)
Urban Deccan basalt 8th-c Shiva quarry-temple 40×28 m with circular Nandi mandapa, unfinished Rashtrakuta.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sonari
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga 2nd c BCE → Gupta 5th c · Mauryan Buddhist sangha → Sunga
Sanchi mandala outlier 10 km SW — 8 stupas (Stupa 2 relic casket, Brahmi) on Betwa ridge.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Meenakshi Temple Thousand Pillar Hall South
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Meenakshi Temple Thousand Pillar Hall South in Tamil Nadu, Madurai, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Hampi Vitthala Temple Musical Pillars East
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Hampi Vitthala Temple Musical Pillars East in Karnataka, Hampi, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sanchi Great Stupa West Torana
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Sanchi Great Stupa West Torana in Madhya Pradesh, Sanchi, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Satdhara
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–6th c CE · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi's western gate — 60-stupa Halali cluster with 30 m Great Stupa and Sariputra relics (9 km W).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Odantapuri Mahavihara
Pala Period (730–1161 CE) · Pala Mahayana/Vajrayana (Magadha)
First Pala mahavihara (730–1200 CE)—180×150 m hillock quadrangle, model for Samye (Tibet).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Eran
Chalcolithic 1200–600 BCE → Sunga 200 BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Chalcolithic → Sunga → Gupta (Vakataka-Hunas)
Gupta temple city Airikina on Bina river (600 BCE–600 CE) — home to 2.66 m Varaha boar (510 CE) and earliest Sati inscription.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Vidisha (Besnagar) and Heliodorus Pillar
Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 187–78 BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga → Indo-Greek → Gupta (Malwa)
Ancient Vidisha (Besnagar) capital with Heliodorus Garuda column (113 BCE) — first Indo-Greek Krishna inscription 6.5 m monolith.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pauni
Vidarbha Megalithic 1100–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Sunga–Satavahana 187 BCE–250 CE → Vakataka 250–500 CE · Vidarbha Megalithic → Mauryan → Satavahana → Vakataka (Vidarbha Early Historic)
Vidarbha fortress-city Padmavati on Wainganga (1100 BCE–300 CE) — 4 km rampart with two Satavahana stupas (38 m) and megalithic-to-Mauryan continuity.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ter
Maurya 300–187 BCE → Satavahana 187 BCE–230 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Satavahana (Periplus Tagara)
Periplus Tagara emporium (300 BCE–400 CE) on Terna — 50+ Roman amphorae and Ter ivory lady with Roman hair, 40 ha rampart.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Deorkothar Katra Stupa Complex
Mauryan Ashoka 3rd c BCE → Sunga 1st c BCE–2nd c CE · Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan–Sunga complex)
Deorkothar Katra Stupa Complex — Ashokan–Sunga Buddhist establishment (3rd c BCE possible Ashoka, 1st c BCE inscribed pillar) with 4 stupas, 30.5-m brick stupa-1 with stone vedika rail similar to…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sannati
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Satavahana 1st c BCE–3rd c CE · Mauryan–Satavahana Deccan Buddhist (Bhima valley)
Sannati — major Early Historic Buddhist stupa complex (3rd c BCE–3rd c CE) on Bhima River at Sannati, Kalaburagi district, excavated 1986–2002 by A. Sundara (ASI Dharwad) and later Karnataka Dept.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Deorkothar
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 · Temple complex
Telhara Mahavihara
Gupta to Pala (400–1200 CE) · Gupta to Pala Buddhist (Magadha)
Xuanzang's Teladhaka—250×200 m mound, 5th–12th c continuous, 2009–14 ASI three-storey cells and Hevajra bronze.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bharhut Satna Stupa
Mauryan Ashoka → Sunga 3rd–1st c BCE · Sunga Buddhist Hinayana — early narrative sculpture
Bharhut Satna Stupa — Sunga–Satavahana Buddhist stupa (3rd c BCE Ashokan nucleus, 2nd c BCE Sunga rail decoration) at Bharhut 15 km Satna, discovered 1873 by Cunningham with 40 ft stupa, red…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Andher
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–5th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi SE terminus — 3 brick stupas (Stupa 1 17 m) on watershed with reservoir (17 km SE).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Eran Gupta Temple Complex
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…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Southern Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-34)
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.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sanchi — Gateway North Torana Eastern Face
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sanchi — Gateway North Torana Eastern Face in Madhya Pradesh, Raisen, Sanchi, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribute…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Thanjavur — Brihadisvara North Gopura Ancillary
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Thanjavur — Brihadisvara North Gopura Ancillary in Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, Brihadisvara, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
New Khajuraho Mound A — Khajuraho (60-31)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Khajuraho Mound A — Khajuraho (60-31) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mahabalipuram — Shore Temple Ancillary Lion Mandapa
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Mahabalipuram — Shore Temple Ancillary Lion Mandapa in Tamil Nadu, Chengalpattu, Mahabalipuram, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…