Barabar and Nagarjuni Hill Caves
The Barabar Hill Caves in Magadha region of Bihar state are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: cave
- Description: rock-cut caves in Bihar, India
- Also known as: “Barabar Caves” and “Barabar Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barabar Caves.
Barabar Caves
Photo: Neilsatyam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lomas Rishi Cave, also called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi, is one of the man-made Barabar Caves in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Barabar and Nagarjuni Hill Caves
- Category: archaeological site
- Location: Magadha, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.005° or 25° 0′ 18″ northLongitude
85.063° or 85° 3′ 47″ eastOpen location code
7MQ72337+X5Wikidata ID
Q1311736
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Barabar and Nagarjuni Hill Caves” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Shpellat Barabar”
- Bengali: “বরাবর গুহাসমূহ”
- Bhojpuri: “बराबर गुफाएं”
- Catalan: “Barabar”
- Chinese: “婆罗巴岩”
- Chinese: “婆羅巴巖”
- Chinese: “巴拉巴爾洞穴”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف بارابار”
- French: “grottes de Barabar”
- French: “Grottes de Barabar”
- German: “Barabar-Höhlen”
- Hebrew: “מערות בראבאר”
- Hindi: “बराबर गुफाएँ”
- Kannada: “ಬರಾಬರ್ ಗುಹೆಗಳು”
- Korean: “바라바르 동굴”
- Marathi: “बराबर लेणी”
- Oriya: “ବରାବର ଗୁମ୍ଫା”
- Panjabi: “ਬਾਰਾਬਾਰ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
- Persian: “غارهای بارابار”
- Portuguese: “Cavernas de Marabar”
- Russian: “Барабарские пещеры”
- Sinhala: “බරාබර් ලෙන්”
- Spanish: “Cuevas de Barabar”
- Tamil: “பராபர் குகைகள்”
- Telugu: “బరాబర్ గుహలు”
- Thai: “หมู่ถ้ำพราพร”
- Ukrainian: “Барабарські печери”
- “बराबर गुफासभ”
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