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Ancient & Medieval India

Masons at Dhamnar in Madhya Pradesh Cut 51 Caves Into a Laterite Hill and Dug a 30-Foot Pit to Leave a Whole Temple Standing in the Same Rock, and India Has Put the Site on UNESCO's Tentative List

Badami's Cave 3 Is the Largest of Four Rock-Cut Caves in the Chalukya Capital, and a Pillar Inscription Dates Its Completion as a Vishnu Temple to Saka 500, or 578 to 579 CE

The Elephanta Caves, a Rock-Cut Shiva Temple on an Island Off Mumbai, Became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 11 December 1987

Ancient & Medieval India

The Kailasa Temple at Ellora Was Cut Downward Out of One Basalt Slope, and Its Builders Removed an Estimated 150,000 to 200,000 Tons of Rock