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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* [https://archive.is/20130920185746/http://panunkashmir.org/blog/pilgrimage/exploration-at-karad/ Exploration at Karad]		* [https://archive.is/20130920185746/http://panunkashmir.org/blog/pilgrimage/exploration-at-karad/ Exploration at Karad]

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The '''Karad Caves''' form a group of 66 [[Buddhist]] [[caves]] located about 5 kilometers south west of [[Karad]], near the village Jakhinwadi overlooking the [[Koyna River]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book|last=Ahir|first=D. C.|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India: history, art, and architecture|year=2003|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.|location=Delhi|isbn=8170307740|page=197|edition=1.}}</ref> They are composed of:
* Agashiv Caves {{coord|17.2352778|74.1522222|display=inline}}
* Bhairav Caves {{coord|17.239268|74.148289|display=inline}}
* Dongrai Caves {{coord|17.2551854|74.1634643|display=inline}})

The caves are located on Agashiv hill and some caves are scattered around Jakhinwadi.
The caves facing south are important caves. There are caves in the valley as well. One of the caves is named after [[Chokhamela]] who lived there for about 8 years.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Frere|first=H. B. E.|title=Memorandum of some Buddhist Excavations near Karadh|journal=Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|year=1851|volume=3|pages=108–117|publisher=The Society}}</ref>

These caves are carved in first century BC and are very simple.<ref name=AHIR />

*Cave 5 - have earliest Buddhist symbols
*Cave 30- Buddhist symbols

The inscription describes the gift by ''Sanghmitra'', Son of ''Gopala''.<ref name=AHIR />

<gallery>
File:Karad caves Dongrai Leni.jpg|Karad caves, Dongrai Leni.
File:Agashiv cave.jpg|Karad caves, one of the Agashiv Caves.
File:Buddhist Cave 7, Jakhinwadi, Karad.jpg|Buddhist cave 7, Jakhinwadi, Karad
File:Buddhist Cave 9, Jakhinwadi, Karad.jpg|Buddhist Cave 9, Jakhinwadi, Karad.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Buddhist Caves}}

==External links==
{{Portal|India}}
* [https://archive.is/20130920185746/http://panunkashmir.org/blog/pilgrimage/exploration-at-karad/ Exploration at Karad]

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