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	The '''Dhamnar Caves''' are caves located in the village of Dhamnar, located in [[Mandsaur district]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. This rock cut site consists of 51 caves, [[stupa]]s, [[Chaitya]]s, passages, and compact dwellings, carved in the 7th century CE. The site includes large statues of [[Gautama Buddha]] in sitting and [[Nirvana]] [[Mudra#Common Buddhist mudrās\|mudra]].<ref name=Archaeological>{{cite web\|last=Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle\|title=Monument >> Mandsaur >> Dhamnar Buddhist caves No. 1 to 51\|url=http://www.asibhopal.nic.in/monument/mandsaur_dhamnar_buddhistcavesn.html#des\|publisher=Govt of India, Ministry of Culture\|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>		The '''Dhamnar Caves''' are caves located in the village of Dhamnar, located in [[Mandsaur district]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. This rock cut site consists of 51 caves, [[stupa]]s, [[Chaitya]]s, passages, and compact dwellings, carved in the 7th century CE. The site includes large statues of [[Gautama Buddha]] in sitting and [[Nirvana]] [[Mudra#Common Buddhist mudrās\|mudra]].<ref name=Archaeological>{{cite web\|last=Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle\|title=Monument >> Mandsaur >> Dhamnar Buddhist caves No. 1 to 51\|url=http://www.asibhopal.nic.in/monument/mandsaur_dhamnar_buddhistcavesn.html#des\|publisher=Govt of India, Ministry of Culture\|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

	Fourteen caves on the northern side are considered historically significant, among which ''Bari Kacheri'' (big courthouse) and ''Bhima Bazar'' are the most so. The Bari Kacheri cave measures 20 feet square and includes stupas and chaityas. The porch includes stone railing with the wooden architecture. Bhima Bazar cave is the largest among the group, measuring 115 feet by 80 and including ~~vzhara~~ and ''~~chaityagruha~~''. It consists of stupas. The roof is in poor condition with the support of wooden architecture.<ref name=Imperial>{{cite journal\|title=DHAMPUR TAHSIL\|journal=Imperial Gazetteer of India\|volume=11\|page=283\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_289.gif\|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>		Fourteen caves on the northern side are considered historically significant, among which ''Bari Kacheri'' (big courthouse) and ''Bhima Bazar'' are the most so. The Bari Kacheri cave measures 20 feet square and includes stupas and chaityas. The porch includes stone railing with the wooden architecture. Bhima Bazar cave is the largest among the group, measuring 115 feet by 80 and including vihara and ''chaityagriha''. It consists of stupas. The roof is in poor condition with the support of wooden architecture.<ref name=Imperial>{{cite journal\|title=DHAMPUR TAHSIL\|journal=Imperial Gazetteer of India\|volume=11\|page=283\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_289.gif\|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

			== Architecture ==
			The Dhamnar caves include 51 rock cut caves containing [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] structures like [[Stupa\|stupas]], [[Chaitya\|chaityas]], porch and small chambers both of [[Hinayana]] and [[Mahayana]] sects of [[Buddhism]] constructed around 5th-6th centuries AD.

			This structure includes colossal seating figure of [[Gautama Buddha\|Buddha]] and it also includes [[Brahminical]] rock cut caves (7th-8th century AD) and a single monolithic temple dedicated to Lord [[Vishnu]] (8th-9th century AD).

			The structure was crumbling before its restoration by [[Archaeological Survey of India\|Archeological Survey of India]] mainly because of being constructed by porous [[laterite]] rocks which got weathered badly over the centuries, destabilizing and weakening the structure.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-05-02 \|title=MP: Dhamnar caves conservation plan can be replicated, says ASI \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/mp-dhamnar-caves-conservation-plan-can-be-replicated-says-asi/story-gJiCKrQyUKVX8yyJ6moAsK.html \|access-date=2022-03-15 \|website=Hindustan Times \|language=en}}</ref>

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	File:ASI Dhamnar Caves plan.jpg\|Dhamnar Caves plan		File:ASI Dhamnar Caves plan.jpg\|Dhamnar Caves plan
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The '''Dhamnar Caves''' are caves located in the village of Dhamnar, located in [[Mandsaur district]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. This rock cut site consists of 51 caves, [[stupa]]s, [[Chaitya]]s, passages, and compact dwellings, carved in the 7th century CE. The site includes large statues of [[Gautama Buddha]] in sitting and [[Nirvana]] [[Mudra#Common Buddhist mudrās|mudra]].<ref name=Archaeological>{{cite web|last=Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle|title=Monument >> Mandsaur >> Dhamnar Buddhist caves No. 1 to 51|url=http://www.asibhopal.nic.in/monument/mandsaur_dhamnar_buddhistcavesn.html#des|publisher=Govt of India, Ministry of Culture|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

Fourteen caves on the northern side are considered historically significant, among which ''Bari Kacheri'' (big courthouse) and ''Bhima Bazar'' are the most so. The Bari Kacheri cave measures 20 feet square and includes stupas and chaityas. The porch includes stone railing with the wooden architecture. Bhima Bazar cave is the largest among the group, measuring 115 feet by 80 and including vzhara and ''chaityagruha''. It consists of stupas. The roof is in poor condition with the support of wooden architecture.<ref name=Imperial>{{cite journal|title=DHAMPUR TAHSIL|journal=Imperial Gazetteer of India|volume=11|page=283|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_289.gif|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

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File:ASI Dhamnar Caves plan.jpg|Dhamnar Caves plan
Dhamnar caves2.JPG|The caves.
Dhamnar caves1.JPG|Rock cut Dhamnar caves
Buddist sculpture caves.jpg|Buddhist sculpture caves
Dhamnar caves.JPG|Dhamnar caves
Dhamnar caves3.JPG|Badi Kachahari (Cave-6)
File:ASI Dhamnar Caves facade.jpg|Dhamnar Caves facade
File:ASI Dhamnar Caves stupas.jpg|Dhamnar Caves stupas
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== See also ==
*[[Dharmrajeshwar]]
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Jain|first=Kailash Chand|title=Malwa Through the Ages, from the Earliest Times to 1305 A.D|year=1972|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Pub|isbn=812080824X|pages=426–427|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3O7q7cU7k0C&q=dhamnar+caves&pg=PA426}}
*{{cite book|last=Verma|first=Archana|title=Cultural and Visual Flux at Early Historical Bagh in Central India|publisher=Archaeopress British Archaeological Reports|isbn=978-1407301518|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jy7UW-Ha5VUC&q=dhamnar+caves&pg=PA11|year=2007}}

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