GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old Buddhist ...

India's caves are thousands of years old. Some date back to the Stone Age. The earliest people to use caves were from the Mesolithic period. They lived in rock shelters and painted scenes from daily ...

Situated on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbour, these 5th–8th century cave temples are primarily dedicated to Lord Shiva. The ...

The Ellora Caves, known locally as ‘Verul Leni’, aren’t just a collection of ancient monuments, they are a breathtaking carved into the very earth of Maharashtra, a destination just 30 km northwest of ...

Two-dozen previously unrecorded Buddhist caves have been found in the Tala range of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the Archaeological Survey of India reported last week. The caves date back to the 2nd ...