Uparkot Caves

Uparkot caves, also Uperkot caves, are ancient man-made caverns. The caves are a part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Groups situated in the eastern part of of the state of .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: Buddhist caves in Gujarat, India
  • Also known as: “Buddhist caves of Junagadh” and “Buddhistic Caves”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uparkot Fort and Jumma Masjid.

Fort
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Uparkot is a fort located in east side of , , India. is situated 200 metres southeast of Uparkot Caves.

Ruins
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The or Jama Masjid is a former Friday mosque, now in partial ruins, in in , in the state of , . The mosque was built in 15th century by converting a temple or a palace identified as Ranakdevi Mahal by local people and the Archaeological Survey of India. is situated 130 metres southeast of Uparkot Caves.

Archaeological site
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The are part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Group. They are the oldest of the caves in the group. The caves, on the basis of scribbles and short cursive letters on the wall, are dated to 3rd-4th century BCE during the Emperor Ashoka's rule and are the plainest of all the caves in the groups. is situated 470 metres north of Uparkot Caves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Junagadh and Girnar.

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is a historical city in , in the west of , on the Arabian Sea. The region of became a district of Gujarat state in 1960. used to be the state capital and is now a district administrative center.

Locality
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is an ancient hill in , , India. It is one of the holiest pilgrimages of Jains, a Mahatirth, where the 22nd Tirthaṅkar, Lord Neminath attained omniscience, and later nirvana at its highest peak, along with other five hundred and thirty three enlightened sages. is situated 7 km east of Uparkot Caves.

Uparkot Caves

Latitude
21.52584° or 21° 31′ 33″ north
Longitude
70.46956° or 70° 28′ 10″ east
Open location code
7JHGGFG9+8R
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way 50831582
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Wiki­data ID
Q26944017
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In Other Languages

From Fulah to Tamil—“Uparkot Caves” goes by many names.
  • Fulah: “Uparkot Caves”
  • German: “Uparkot-Höhlen”
  • Gujarati: “ઉપરકોટની ગુફાઓ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉપરકોટનું ગુફાસ્થાપત્ય”
  • Gujarati: “બૌદ્ધ ગુફાઓ, જૂનાગઢ”
  • Hebrew: “מערות אופארקוט”
  • Malayalam: “ഉപർകോട്ട് കേവ്സ്”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਪਰਕੋਟ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
  • Sinhala: “උපර්කෝට් ලෙන්”
  • Tamil: “உபர்கோட் குகைகள்”

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