Tag: rock-cut architecture
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Prof. Lokesh Chandra’s reflections on guhā (caves)
Below is an excerpt from an essay by Prof. Lokesh Chandra, which reveals the raison d’etre of the caves, cave-dwelling, and cave temples (2005). “Caves were the earliest habitations of man. Long after they were not needed for habitation, these caverns drew men to their depths and stirred the spirit as well as the eye.…