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	The '''Vijasan Caves''' are a series of caves containing Buddhist art<ref name=":1" /> located near the village of Vijasan in Chandrapur district, [[Maharashtra]], India. Some of the caves at Vijasan have been in use since the 1st century AD. The closest nearby city is [[Bhadravati, Maharashtra\|Bhadravati]].		The '''Vijasan Caves''' are a series of caves containing Buddhist art<ref name=":1" /> located near the village of Vijasan in Chandrapur district, [[Maharashtra]], India. Some of the caves at Vijasan have been in use since the 1st century AD. The closest nearby city is [[Bhadravati, Maharashtra\|Bhadravati]].

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[[File:Vijasan cave.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the main cave]]
The '''Vijasan Caves''' are a series of caves containing Buddhist art<ref name=":1" /> located near the village of Vijasan in Chandrapur district, [[Maharashtra]], India. Some of the caves at Vijasan have been in use since the 1st century AD. The closest nearby city is [[Bhadravati, Maharashtra|Bhadravati]].

== Description ==
[[File:Statue in Vijasan cave.jpg|thumb|Buddhist sculpture in the caves ]]
The oldest sites around Vijasan date to the 1st century AD, during the reign of [[Yajna Sri Satakarni]] of the [[Satavahana dynasty]].<ref name=":0" /> Like similar megalithic caves, the caves at Vijasan were cut into stone foothills with intentionally narrow tunnels to prevent collapse.<ref>Mane, G.K., and G.M. Mane. "MEGALITIC MOMUMENTS & EARLY ROCK CUT ARCHITECTURE OF VIDARBHA (M.S.) - A CRITICAL STUDY." ''Proceedings of the Indian History Congress'' 73 (2012): 1172-178. Accessed August 13, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/44156318.</ref> The main cave at Vijasan extends 71 ft (~21 meters) into the rock in a straight line, ending in a chamber with a carved Buddha.<ref name=":1" /> The tunnel also contains galleries furnished with wall carvings of religious scenes, though some of these have been damaged. Other, smaller caves and archaeological sites are also present in the area around Vijasan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BHADRAWATI|url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/CHANDRAPUR/places_Bhadrawati.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-13|website=cultural.maharashtra.gov.in}}</ref>

By the 19th century, the caves were being used to shelter the village's cattle. The caves were visited by British general [[Alexander Cunningham]], who mentioned them in one of his books.<ref name=":0" /> The largest cave has been designated a [[Monuments of National Importance|Monument of National Importance]] by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-09-28|title=They Called Him a Foreigner. Now He's Helping the Same People Preserve Their Lost Heritage.|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/33298/they-called-him-a-foreigner-now-hes-helping-the-same-people-preserve-their-heritage/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref>

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