General view of unnamed minor caves (including Lalatendra Kesari Gumpha), Khandgiri Hill
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
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Photograph of unnamed minor caves (including Lalatendra Kesari Gumpha), at Khandgiri Hill, taken by Alexander E. Caddy in 1895, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. In the twin hills of Khandgiri, (or Khandagiri) and Udayagiri, near Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, there is a series of Jain cave temples called 'gumpha' locally, cut out of sandstone. Most of these caves were excavated in the period of the Chedi kings in the 1st century BC. In Antiquities of Orissa of 1875-80 R. Mitra wrote, '…there is a large cave called Lalatendra Kas'ari Gumpha, were the mortal remains of Raja Laltendra of the Kes'ari dynasty are said to lie at rest…Exteriorly there is nothing of importance from an architectural point of view. I have no reason to suspect that it is other than a Buddhist cell.'. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander E.
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