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Places tagged “udayagiri”

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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Udayagiri Caves

Gupta Classical (Chandragupta II to Kumaragupta) 320–550 CE · Gupta

Gupta’s open-air bible — 20 sandstone caves with Varaha (402 CE) and Durga, Chandragupta II's inscriptions on Udayagiri Hill.

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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Udayagiri and Khandagiri Jain Caves

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…