ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & ARCHAEOLOGY, JIWAJI UNIVERSITY

  Rani Gumpha Caves (Cave no. 1, Udayagiri, Bhubaneshwar) The earliest rock cut architecture dedicated to the Jaina sect is situated at Khandagiri and Udayagiri hills near Bhubaneshwar in Odisha. These are also the oldest rock cut structures of Entire Eastern Indian region. They have a number of finely and ornately carved caves built during the 1st century BCE.   Some of them also bear inscriptions, the famous Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela is one among them gives detail & vital information of post Mauryan politics.   The Udayagiri hill has 18 extant caves all of them are small single or double story monasteries, while Khandagiri hill has 15 caves. There was also a Jaina temple structure constructed on the top of hill which has completely succumbed to the forces of nature. Some of the famous caves in complex are Hathi Gumpha, Ananta Gumpha, Ananta Gumpha, Ganesha Gumpha, Jaya Vijaya etc.   Location: Khandagiri-Udayagiri hill complex is situat...

  SANCHI AND AMRAVATI SANCHI AMRAVATI (303) https://archaeojiwaji.blogspot.com/p/sanchi-and-amravati-303.html UDAYAGIRI CAVES  UDAYAGIRI CAVES (303) https://archaeojiwaji.blogspot.com/2026/06/udayagiri-caves-303.html

  INDO-GREEK COINS Importance of Indo Greek Coins : To the students of ancient Indian history, coins and inscriptions are of great value for they are most trustworthy materials. They not only corroborates facts known from other sources but also supply information otherwise unknown. For the history of the Greek kings who ruled in Bactria and Northwestern part of India, our information is extremely meager. Classical Greek writers casually referred to a few of the earlier princes and a few events of their careers associated with northwestern part of India Indian literature also give not much information about their north western neighbours. We find only a few kings listed in Indian literature. Although YAVANA word synonymous of Greeks are found frequently mention in the texts. But discovery of Indo-Greek coins opens an entirely new horizon in our understanding of Indo-Greek Kings. Thanks to the discovery of coins now we know atleast 42 Indo-Greek kings who ruled in Bact...