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The group contains a small [[chaitya]] hall with an [[apsidal]] plan with a [[stupa]] inside.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rujivacharakul |first1=Vimalin |last2=Hahn |first2=H. Hazel |last3=Oshima |first3=Ken Tadashi |last4=Christensen |first4=Peter |title=Architecturalized Asia: Mapping a Continent through History |date=2013 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=9789888208050 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCoWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=MA/> There are also two cells, and an unfinished cave. The caves can be dated to the first half of the 2nd century CE.<ref name=MA>{{cite web |title=Yerphal monastery, (towards) Umbraj, Maharashtra, IN - Mapping Buddhist Monasteries |url=http://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/yerphal |website=monastic-asia.wikidot.com |language=en}}</ref> | The group contains a small [[chaitya]] hall with an [[apsidal]] plan with a [[stupa]] inside.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rujivacharakul |first1=Vimalin |last2=Hahn |first2=H. Hazel |last3=Oshima |first3=Ken Tadashi |last4=Christensen |first4=Peter |title=Architecturalized Asia: Mapping a Continent through History |date=2013 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=9789888208050 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCoWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=MA/> There are also two cells, and an unfinished cave. The caves can be dated to the first half of the 2nd century CE.<ref name=MA>{{cite web |title=Yerphal monastery, (towards) Umbraj, Maharashtra, IN - Mapping Buddhist Monasteries |url=http://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/yerphal |website=monastic-asia.wikidot.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Yerphale caves was in dense forest area where wild animals lived. | |||
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| Yerphal Caves | |
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 Remains of a stupa in Yerphal caves. | |
| Coordinates | 17°22′55″N 73°56′35″E / 17.382077°N 73.942973°E |
Yerphal Caves, also Yerphale Caves, are a small group of Buddhist caves located near Umbraj, Maharashtra, India. The caves were only discovered recently, in 1979.[1] It is located not far from the Karad Caves (about 25 km).
The group contains a small chaitya hall with an apsidal plan with a stupa inside.[2][3] There are also two cells, and an unfinished cave. The caves can be dated to the first half of the 2nd century CE.[3]
Yerphale caves was in dense forest area where wild animals lived.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Qureshi, Dulari (2010). The Rock-cut Temples of Western India. Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. p. 346. ISBN 9788180902024.
- ↑ Rujivacharakul, Vimalin; Hahn, H. Hazel; Oshima, Ken Tadashi; Christensen, Peter (2013). Architecturalized Asia: Mapping a Continent through History. Hong Kong University Press. p. 141. ISBN 9789888208050.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Yerphal monastery, (towards) Umbraj, Maharashtra, IN - Mapping Buddhist Monasteries". monastic-asia.wikidot.com.