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ID: 1103306
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1103306
Record Type:
physical
Elephanta Caves (sacred site)
Coordinates:
Lat: 18 58 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 18.9667
decimal degrees
Long: 072 56 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 72.9333
decimal degrees
Note:
Rock-cut caves located on Elephanta Island known as the "City of Caves." They were created from the mid-5th-6th centuries CE, and linked to the cult of Shiva. The main cave, known as Cave 1, is 39 meters in depth.
Names:
Elephanta Caves
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India
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Mahārāshtra
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Elephanta Caves
(sacred site) (
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Additional Parents:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
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India
(nation) (
P
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Mahārāshtra
(state) (
P
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Elephanta Island
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Elephanta Caves
(sacred site) (
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Place Types:
sacred site (
preferred
,
C
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caves (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
Buddhist (
C
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Sources and Contributors:
Elephanta Caves..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-51
Subject:
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VP
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-51
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 25 February 2016
Note:
English
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 25 February 2016
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