A historical site in present-day Nepal considered to be the birthplace of the Buddha. It is also renowned for an Ashokan pillar containing Brahmi inscriptions, a monastery, a museum and other commemorative monuments. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
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Historic region of southern India spanning present-day northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh, bounded by the Arni and Kotallaiyar…
A cave temple in Ellora dating to the eighth century CE and discovered in 1876. Marked as Cave 11, it…
Persian for ‘footstep site’, referring to a place rendered holy by the visit of a saint or a sacred object,…
Historic region of southern India comprising the fertile deltas of the Krishna and Godavari rivers, in present-day Andhra Pradesh, sometimes…
A hill near Hampi, Karnataka, it is the site of the oldest and best-preserved structures built in the pre- and…
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