🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Karla Caves
Hinayana Buddhist, Satavahana period 2nd c. BCE – 2nd c. CE · Buddhist (Theravada) merchants and Satavahana dynasty
India's largest Buddhist chaitya hall (45 m) with original timber ribs, 1st c. BCE–CE.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa
Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) · Satavahana
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa in Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India is a Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 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 · 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 · Rock-cut
Junnar
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.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Amaravati Mahastupa
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.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Yeleshwaram — Andhra Early Buddhist
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.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dhulikatta — Buddhist Stupa Fort
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 · Temple complex
Bedsa Caves
Satavahana early historic · Hinayana Buddhist
Twin-cave-cluster Buddhist refuge (100 BCE–100 CE) on forested Sahyadri spur between Bhaja and Karla, celebrated for best-preserved early rock-cut chaitya hall besides Karla — daylight-illuminated…
🇮🇳 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
Thotlakonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Thotlakonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kanheri Caves
Satavahana to Rashtrakuta 100 BCE–950 CE · Buddhist Hinayana → Mahayana → Vajrayana
Largest Buddhist cave-university in western India with 109 basalt caves spanning 1st c. BCE–10th c.