Sitamarhi Cave

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Sitamarhi Cave is an Indian artificial cave, and an important example of Indian rock-cut architecture. Located 20 km southwest of Rajgir and 10 km southwest of Hisua, it dates from the Maurya Empire. It was hewn in a huge hemispherical rock of granite.

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architectural structure, grottoIndia
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Location: 24.9, 85.28, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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IA Sita Marhi caveIA Sita Marhi cave
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    sitecaveBarabar Cavesarchaeological site, caveWikidata
    sitecaveGopi CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveKaran Chaupar CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveLomas Rishi CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveNagarjuni Cavesarchaeological site, caveWikidata
    sitecaveSaptaparni CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveSitamarhi Cavegrotto, architectural structureWikidata
    sitecaveSon Bhandar CavescaveWikidata
    sitecaveSudama CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveUnknowncaveWikidata
    sitecaveUnknowncaveWikidata
    sitecaveUnknowncaveWikidata
    sitecaveVadathika CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveVapiyaka CavecaveWikidata
    sitecaveVisva Jhopa CavecaveWikidata
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