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The '''Talaja Caves''' are located in [[Bhavnagar district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Gujarat]] at [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]]. The rock cuts are carved out into deserted conical rocks. The rock cut group include 30 caves among which about 15 are water tanks. The cave has unique architecture known as ''Ebhal Mandapa''. The halls are plain. "On the facade there are chaitya windows with a broad bank below them." The [[chaitya]] and cells were carved during a time of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] influence in the 2nd century BC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Talaja, Palitana - Shatrunjaya, Rajkot, Tourism Hubs, Gujarat, India|url=https://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/6/222|access-date=2020-08-14|website=www.gujarattourism.com|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809113331/https://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/6/222|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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During the [[Kshatrapas]]' regime in the 2nd century CE, [[Jainism|Jain]] emblems were carved on the cells and the halls.<ref name="Archaeological">{{cite web|last=Archaeological Survey of India, Vadodara Circle|title=Talaja Caves|url=http://www.asivadodaracircle.in/sites/talaja-caves/about|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|accessdate=1 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235434/http://www.asivadodaracircle.in/sites/talaja-caves/about|archivedate=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWS-9HXW-p0C&q=Talaja+jain+Caves|title=Census of India, 1991: Kheda|date=1992|publisher=Government Photo Litho Press|language=en}}</ref> The caves were carved out before rock cut architecture begins in the [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Gujarat Tourism">{{cite web |title=Talaja|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/222|publisher=Gujarat Tourism, Govt. of Gujarat|accessdate=1 December 2013|archive-date=Aug 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831082908/http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/222 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to some historians, the date of caves can not be traced out, however some believe that carving started by the end of 1st century CE.<ref name=Pia>{{cite book|last=Brancaccio|first=Pia|title=The caves at Aurangabad : Buddhist art in transformation|year=2010|publisher=Brill Publishers|location=Leiden|isbn=978-9004185258|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_4pXm7dD78C&dq=talaja+caves&pg=PA63}}</ref><br />
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File:Inside view of Talaja Cave.JPG|Inside view of a Talaja Cave.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book|last=Fergusson|first=James|title=The cave temples of India|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1108055529|pages=201–202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVXa9JyxOw4C&dq=%22James%22+%22Talaja%22+%22caves%22&pg=PA201|author2=Burgess, James |date=6 May 2013}}<br />
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