Pitalkhora
The Pitalkhora Caves, in the Satmala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, are an ancient Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments which date back to the third century BCE, making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India.Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: ancient caves in India (Maharshtra)
- Also known as: “Pitalkhora Caves”
Pitalkhora
- Category: landform
- Location: Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.31387° or 20° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
74.99254° or 74° 59′ 33″ eastOpen location code
7JGP8X7V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 3014527061OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q15040934
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In Other Languages
From German to Tamil—“Pitalkhora” goes by many names.
- German: “Pitalkhora-Höhlen”
- German: “Pitalkhora”
- Hebrew: “מערות פיטלקורה”
- Marathi: “पितळखोरे लेणी”
- Panjabi: “ਪਿਤਲਖੋਰਾ”
- Persian: “پیتالخورا”
- Russian: “Питхалкора”
- Sinhala: “පිතල්ඛෝරා”
- Tamil: “பிதல்கோரா குகைகள்”
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