The Underground Cities of the Karla, Bhaja, and Bedse Caves | Wonders of Ancient India, Ep. 3

Located in the Western Ghats, the rock-cut temples of Karla, Bhaja and Bedse are among the earliest Buddhist cave temples in India.
Their construction shortly follows the fragmentation of the Mauryan Empire and of the Indo-Greek kingdoms that arose from Alexander’s conquests, in the 2nd Century BCE.
Their architecture and sculptural decoration reflects a mix of Hindu, Persian, and Hellenistic motifs, peaking in the 1st Century CE with the construction of the Great Chaitya of the Karla Caves, the largest in all of India.
Carved out of the solid basalt of the Deccan plateau, they are some of the earliest surviving monumental structures in all of India. And yet, their fantastic ornamentation, representing multi-storied, fairy-tale palaces with projecting arches and balconies, suggests the existence of a much earlier architectural tradition in either wood or stone of which there is no trace in the archaeological record.
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Videography: Marco M. Vigato
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Original music by Tashi Gyalpo
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[@phlebgrl6064]

New to your channel today from Orange County, New York. I really enjoyed this video of these magnificent underground cities of Karla and Bhaja in India. Very well done, I’m a new subscriber!

[@UnchartedRuins]

Thank you! 🙏 I have many more videos coming on ancient India and megalithic sites around the world. Stay tuned!

[@Christian-Roots818]

Simply Magnificent ❤

[@UnchartedRuins]

Thank you!

[@avinashkamble318]

SAMRATHA BUDDHIST KING OF KING ASOKA

[@PrathamYvv]

I’m loving this series! Have you been to the Khajuraho temples yet?

[@UnchartedRuins]

Thank you! I am planning on visiting Khajuraho later this year! 😊

[@singapore5500]

This is not indo greek kingdoms . And dont mix of any persian or greek styles . The architecture style started by nanda empire . Also the alexander never reached maharshtra . The king porus beat the alexanders and his army . At that time there is no mauryan empire . Its nanda empire . And alexander didnt reach the border of nand empire . Beacuse the prous deafeated alexander .nanda empire is 10 times larger than porus army

[@UnchartedRuins]

Thank you for your comment! 🙏