Udayagiri Caves Images

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Udayagiri Caves

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Skanda (Kartikeya) sculpture in Cave 3. (Source)

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Lion statue at Udayagiri (Source)

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Inscription in the Jaina cave 20. (Source)

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Cave 19 inscription by some pilgrim Kanha. The "" is Nagari for "1093", a year that is 1036-37 in Georgian calendar.[22][note 14] (Source)

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One of the earliest known Ganesha reliefs. (Source)

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Cave 13, reclining Vishnu (Source)

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Inscriptions at Udayagiri (Source)

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The Sanskrit inscriptions in Udayagiri caves that help date it to about 401 CE. (Source)

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Cave 6 Shakti Durga as Mahishasura-mardini. (Source)

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Cave 4, iva liga (Source)

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Cave 1 pillar is second from right; The rightmost pillar is in Cave 19. (Source)

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Pillar at Udayagiri Cave 1 (Source)

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Udayagiri temples feature square or near square plans. Above: Plans of Cave 1, 3 and 5. (Source)

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5th-century Vishnu at Udayagiri Caves. (Source)

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Another lion capital from Udayagiri, on the model of the Pillars of Ashoka. Gupta period. Gwalior Fort Archaeological Museum. (Source)

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Probable image of Chandragupta II, paying homage to Varaha, avatar of Vishnu, in Udayagiri Caves (Cave 5), circa 400 CE.[21] (Source)

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The Udayagiri Lion Capital, found near Udayagiri Caves, was first reported by Alexander Cunningham and is now in Gwalior. It is dated to closing decades of 2nd-century BCE,[2][9][note 1] or is possibly a Gupta-period rework of a Mauryan capital.[10] (Source)