| Manmodi Caves | |
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 The Chaitya at Bhimashankar caves, a part of Manmodi Caves, Junnar, India. | |
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| Location | Junnar |
| Coordinates | 19°11′09″N 73°53′03″E / 19.1859°N 73.8843°E |
| Geology | Basalt |
The Manmodi Caves are a complex of a rock-cut caves about 3 km to the south of the city of Junnar in India.[1] Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Tulja Caves, Shivneri Caves and Lenyadri caves.[1]
It is thought that the caves were positioned on natural trade routes, formed by passes leading from the coast to the basaltic plateau of the Western Ghats.[1] One of the caves in Manmodi has an epigraph mentioning the Western Satrap Nahapana bearing the title of Mahakshatrapa (Great Satrap).[2]
- ^ a b c Brancaccio, Pia (2010). The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion. BRILL. p. 34. ISBN 978-90-04-18525-8.
- ^ Brancaccio, Pia (2010). The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion. BRILL. p. 61. ISBN 978-90-04-18525-8.