HATHIGUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri

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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The -Elephant Cave- is a man-made cave temple (man-made, rock-cut chamber used for religious purposes), which contains an inscription (note 1) that drew much attention (note 2), and is situated somewhere on (the hill) Udayagiri. Compare the –>Khandgiri - Udayagiri Caves. KITTOE (1838b, plate XL figure 2) gives a nice line drawing of Hasti Gurbha Cave. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1990: Hathi Gumpha or Elephant Cave (cave 14) is plain but an inscription relates in 117 lines the exploits of its builder, King Khargaveli of Kalinga, who ruled from 168 to 153 BC (LONELY PLANET, India 1990: 596; 1993: 502; 1997: 540; 2001: 490). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2001: Hathi Gumpha (Elephant Cave; 14) … is plain but a 117-line inscription relates the exploits of its builder, King Kharaveli of Kalinga, who ruled from 168 to 153 BC (LONELY PLANET, India 2001: 490; 2003: 496; LONELY PLANET, South India 2001: 245).CAVE DESCRIPTION 2005: Hathi Gumpha (cave 14) at the top is plain, but a 117-line inscription relates the explots of its builder, King Kharaveli of Kalinga, who ruled from 168 to 153 BC (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 565; 2009: 649).ts of its builder, King Kharaveli of Kalinga, who ruled from 168 to 153 BC (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 565; 2009: 649).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Barua, Benimadhab 1929; Cambridge History of India 1922; Fleet, J F 1910a, 1910b; Jayaswal, K D 1927; Jayaswal, K D & Banerji, R D 1930; Kittoe, Markham 1838b; Konov / Konow, Sten 1905-1906 edited 1909, 1923; Lonely Planet, India 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005; Lonely Planet, South India 2001; Tarn, William Woodthorpe 1938 (reprinted 1951, revised by Holt, Frank Lee 1984, revised by Holt, F L & Miller, M C J 1997); Vallèe Pousin, L de la 1930.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1838.03.08. Lieutenant Markham KITTOE (1838b: 683) drew a sketch. 1919: Dr. Jayaswal and Professor R. D. BANERJI (1927, circa pages ±221 to ±228) made a fresh examination (TARN 1938 revised 1997: 457 note 4). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0GANESH GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0HATHIGUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri (Chota)
0.0MAUJAPURI GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0NAVAMUNI GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0PATAL GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0PAVANA GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0RAJA LALAT INDRA KESARI NAUR
0.0RANI ka GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0SARPA GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri
0.0SATGHARA GUMPHA, Khandgiri - Udayagiri