Barabar Caves: The Oldest Surviving Rock-Cut Caves In India

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com –  The Barabar Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India. Mostly dated to the Maurya Empire (322-185 BC), they were carved out of huge extremely hard granite rock.

The surfaces of caves are not only remarkably polished and beautiful but also enhance every sound inside the caves.

The caves – some with are situated in the twin hills of Barabar (four caves). Three others – Nagarjuni Caves are in the 1.6 km distant Nagarjuni Hill, among the rock-strewn ridges of Jahanabad, Bihar, India. The Barabar and Nagarjuni Hills contain, in all, seven rock-cut caves of which four are in the Barabar hills.

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