🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mansar
Vakataka–Gupta (250–550 CE) · Vakataka (Deccan) – Gupta contemporaneous
Vakataka–Gupta palace city (5th–6th c)—38×38 m palace, Shiva–Vishnu temple, 170×40 m dammed reservoir at Nagpur.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Paunar
Vakataka (420–550 CE) with Mauryan–Satavahana precursor · Vakataka (Deccan Gupta-age)
Pravarapura—Vakataka capital (420 CE)—700×600 m fortified mound with grid plan on Dham River.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Bhokardan
Chalcolithic to Yadava (1500 BCE–1400 CE) · Savaldas–Malwa to Satavahana–Vakataka–Yadava
Tell 1500 BCE–1400 CE (900×750 m)—Mahabharata's Bhogavardhana, 14 levels Chalcolithic to Yadava.
🇮🇳 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…