Sites & Monuments
Temples, stūpas, forts and archaeological sites.
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- Ajanta CavesThe Ajanta Caves are a complex of some thirty Buddhist rock-cut monasteries and prayer halls…
- Akal TakhtThe Akal Takht is the seat of temporal authority in Sikhism, built by Guru Hargobind at Amrit…
- AmaravatiAmaravati in Andhra Pradesh was a great Buddhist stupa on the Krishna river, whose limestone…
- Anandpur SahibAnandpur Sahib is the town in the Shivalik foothills founded by Guru Tegh Bahadur, where Guru…
- Ancient universities of IndiaAncient India's centers of higher learning ranged from large residential monastic universitie…
- Angkor WatAngkor Wat is a 12th-century temple complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia, built by the Khmer king…
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- BanawaliBanawali is an Indus site in Haryana with occupation running from the pre-Harappan through th…
- BAPS templesBAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) is a Hindu monastic and cultural…
- BharhutBharhut in Madhya Pradesh was a Buddhist stupa of the second century BCE whose sculpted raili…
- Bodh GayaBodh Gaya in Bihar is where the Buddha is held to have attained awakening beneath the bodhi t…
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- ChanhudaroChanhudaro is an Indus site in Sindh, ancient India (modern-day Pakistan), excavated in the 1…
- Char DhamChar Dham refers to a set of four major Hindu pilgrimage sites — Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, and…
- Churches in IndiaChurches in India span more than nineteen centuries of Christian presence, from the Saint Tho…
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- GanweriwalaGanweriwala is a large Indus site in the Cholistan desert of the Punjab, ancient India (moder…
- Great BathThe Great Bath is a large watertight tank on the citadel mound at Mohenjo-daro, ancient India…
- GurdwaraA gurdwara is a Sikh place of assembly, defined by the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib, and…
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- HarappaHarappa is the Indus site in the Punjab, ancient India (modern-day Pakistan), that gave the c…
- Harmandir SahibThe Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is the principal gurdwara of Sikhism, built by Guru Arjan in…
- Hatkoti TempleHatkoti is a temple complex on the Pabbar River in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district, center…
- Hemkund SahibHemkund Sahib is a Sikh shrine at over 4,300 metres in the Garhwal Himalaya, identified in th…
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- Kailasa TempleThe Kailasa Temple (Cave 16) at Ellora is a monolithic rock-cut Hindu temple dedicated to Shi…
- KalibanganKalibangan is an Indus site in Rajasthan on the dry bed of the Ghaggar, notable for a ploughe…
- KartarpurKartarpur on the Ravi is where Guru Nanak settled after his travels, established the first Si…
- KhajurahoKhajuraho is a group of Hindu and Jain temples in present-day Madhya Pradesh, built by the Ch…
- Konark Sun TempleThe Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the sun god Surya at Konark…
- Krishna JanmabhoomiKrishna Janmabhoomi is a temple complex in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, venerated as Krishna's bir…
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- MahabalipuramMahabalipuram, also known as Mamallapuram, is a 7th–8th century port town and rock-cut monume…
- MahasthangarhMahasthangarh is the earliest known city in Bengal, a fortified site on the Karatoya in north…
- MainamatiMainamati is the ridge in south-eastern Bangladesh, ancient India, carrying more than fifty B…
- Meenakshi TempleThe Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, is a major Hindu temple complex dedicated…
- MehrgarhMehrgarh is a Neolithic settlement in Balochistan, ancient India (modern-day Pakistan), occup…
- Mohenjo-daroMohenjo-daro is the largest known city of the Indus civilization, on the right bank of the In…
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- RakhigarhiRakhigarhi in Haryana is among the largest Indus sites, and the source of the first ancient g…
- RanakpurRanakpur is a Jain temple complex in Rajasthan, built in the fifteenth century, whose princip…
- Rani ki VavRani ki Vav is an 11th-century stepwell at Patan, Gujarat, built by Queen Udayamati of the Ch…
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- SanchiSanchi in Madhya Pradesh is a hilltop complex of Buddhist stupas and monasteries, whose Great…
- SarnathSarnath, near Varanasi, is where the Buddha is said to have given his first discourse, and th…
- Shakti PithasThe Shakti Pithas are a network of Hindu pilgrimage sites, numbered variously at 51 or 108, e…
- ShravanabelagolaShravanabelagola is a Jain pilgrimage centre in Karnataka, dominated by the colossal image of…
- Somapura MahaviharaSomapura Mahavihara is the Pala Buddhist monastery at Paharpur in northern Bangladesh, ancien…
- Sun templesSun temples (sūrya mandirs) are Hindu shrines dedicated to the solar deity Sūrya, built acros…
- SurkotadaSurkotada is a small fortified Indus site in Kutch, best known for horse bones whose identifi…