Bhaja Caves

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Facade of a rock ct assembly hall Bhaja Western India 2nd Century BC

The chaitya at Bhaja Caves is perhaps the earliest surviving chaitya hall, constructed in the second century BCE. It consists of an apsidal hall with stupa. The columns slope inwards in the imitation of wooden columns that would have been structurally necessary to keep a roof up.

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