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Ancient History India The purpose of the page is to provide information about the historical sites of India. The culture, architecture of the Golden Era.

18/09/2023

The Mahabodhi Temple or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but rebuilt and restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage destination of Buddhists for over two thousand years.

23/07/2023

The Bateshwar Hindu temples are a group of nearly 200 sandstone Hindu temples and their ruins in north Madhya Pradesh.
It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Gwalior and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Morena town. The temples are mostly small and spread over about 25 acres.
They are dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Shakti - representing the three major traditions within Hinduism.
The site is within the Chambal River valley ravines, on the north-western slope of a hill near Padavali known for its major medieval era Vishnu temple.
The Bateshwar temples were built between the 8th and the 10th-century.
The temples as they now appear are in many cases reconstructed from the fallen stones in a project begun by the Archaeological Survey of India in 2005.
According to the Madhya Pradesh Directorate of Archaeology, this group of 200 temples were built during the reign of Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty.

09/06/2022

Top 10 tallest statue in the world.

29/03/2022

The Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, is a religious monuments and collection of 7th and 8th century CE, in the coastal resort town of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site has 40 ancient monuments, and Hindu temples, including one of the largest open air rock reliefs in the world.
These monuments were built during the Pallava dynasty, Known as the Seven Pagodas. They are also called the Mamallapuram temples, or Mahabalipuram temples, in contemporary literature. The site, restored after 1960, and has been managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.
These monuments are a fusion of religion, culture, and legend, relating to the Hindu religious pantheon. There are expressions through rock, or inside boulders, on a grand scale, integrating nature and sculpture.
After a roughly 40-year delay, a master plan to beautify Mahabalipuram, was implemented in 2003. The Union Ministry of Tourism, and Culture, is financing the multi-crore-rupee Integrated Development of Mamallapuram project. The Archaeological Survey of India, has laid the lawns, and a path from behind the Shore Temple, to the Five Rathas, and the conservation of more monuments are planned.

01/02/2022

The Battle of Pratapgad is one of the most important battles in the history of Maharashtra.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had gained control over the Maval region near Pune. At that time, this part was coming under the jurisdiction of Adilshahi, so it was necessary for them to take care of Shivaji. Afzal Khan was given the task of arranging Shivaji at the court of Bijapur. Afzal Khan had earlier assassinated Shivaji's elder brother Sambhaji and at the Adilshahi court he and Shivaji's father Shahaji also had animosity. Afzal Khan left Bijapur in June 1659 with a large army. Khana will make his stay at Wai.
Shivaji sent his envoys to show Khan that he was scared and told him that he did not want to fight Khan and was ready to compromise. Khan first dared to call Vice, but Shivaji refused. There was a possibility of assassination from both sides. But Shivaji showed Khan that he was very scared and Khan agreed to meet him at the foot of Pratapgad. During the meeting, both sides agreed not to use any weapons. Each party will have 10 bodyguards and one of them will stay outside the shamiana. And the other bodyguards decided to stay away.
On the day of the visit, Afzal Khan came to Shamiana before the time of the visit. Shivaji had deliberately made a very grand shamiana. Though they wanted to meet unarmed, Khan hid the beehive under his tunic and Shivaji had 100 per cent chance of being killed by Khan, so he put on armor under his tunic and hid a very simple tiger in his hand. At the beginning of the meeting, Khan called Shivaji to give him a hug and the tall Afzal Khan pressed Shivaji in his arms and attacked him. But Shivaji Maharaj survived because of the armor. Seeing that Khan had betrayed him, Shivaji took out the hidden tiger and inserted it in Khan's stomach and took out his intestine.
The assassination of Afzal Khan was a great event for the entire Adilshahi. Nearly 5,000 soldiers were killed and as many wounded.
After this incident, Shivaji Maharaj was recognized as a skilled leader. Shivaji's military terror spread all over India as he overthrew a mighty general like Afzal Khan.

03/01/2022

Hampi or Hampe, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India. It became the pilgrimage centre of the Hindu religion. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century. Hampi was a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the Tungabhadra River, with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second-largest medieval-era city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal. The Vijayanagara Empire defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins.

14/12/2021

Jatayu Earth Center, also known as Jatayu Nature Park or Jatayu Rock, is a park and tourism centre at Chadayamangalam of Kerala. It stands at an altitude of 1200ft. above the mean sea level.
Jatayu Nature Park holds the distinction of having the world’s largest bird sculpture, which is of Jatayu.
Jatayu was a demi-god in Ramayana (a Hindu epic) who had the form of a vulture.

23/11/2021

In this video i have tried to show Pune's past & present with a brief history.

31/10/2021

Kailasa temple, is a particularly notable cave temple in India, as a result of its size, architecture, and having been entirely carved out of a single rock.

The structure is a freestanding, multi-level temple complex covering an area twice the size of the Parthenon in Athens. It is estimated that the artists removed three million cubic feet of stone, weighing approximately 200,000 tons, to excavate the temple.

The Kailasa temple is considered a highly notable example of temple construction from 1st millennium Indian history, and was called, by Carmel Berkson, "a wonder of the world" among rock-cut monuments.

19/09/2021

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The Mysterious Kedareshwar Cave Temple Kedareshwar Cave Temple is located at Harishchandragad, a hill fort in Ahmednagar...
23/04/2021

The Mysterious Kedareshwar Cave Temple

Kedareshwar Cave Temple is located at Harishchandragad, a hill fort in Ahmednagar district.
Kedareshwar Cave Temple is much different from other temples. It is situated in a cave and also presence of water all year round makes the temple one of the unique temples not just in Maharashtra but in India as well.
The temple looks very old, and off course it is! The caves are said to be dated back to the stone age!
A Shiva Linga of about five feet is situated at the centre of the cave.
One has to wade through waist deep and ice cold water to reach the Shiva Linga.
Though there were four pillars surrounding the Linga, now there is only one pillar intact.
The genera but ancient believe is that the pillars to be symbols of yuga or time, namely, Satya, Tretha, Dwapara and the Kali Yuga. The present pillar is said to symbolise the last and final yuga, which is the present one, the Kali Yug.
Thus a belief exists that when this last and remaining pillar breaks off, the world will come to an end. The walls of the cave are replete with sculptures and carvings.

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