KALAKAI GUHA

(Patan - IN - India)
17.400000,73.916700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

Man-made, late Hinayana »cave temples« (rock-cut chaitya and vihara type chambers used for religious purposes), which had been noted in Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (1885, 19: 589), were rediscovered by MAURYA & THUSE (1995, location maps, ground plan). SITUATION: At the village of Tamakane, which lies 5.8 km north-west of Patan (N17°22': E73°54') in the Kera valley.

Documents

Bibliography 30/03/2016
  • Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency 1885; Maurya, Jyotsna & Thuse, Manjiri 1995.

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