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State |
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Year
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| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Mandu |
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Farmland within the city area. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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Octagonal tomb. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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View across the landscape. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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Decorated tomb. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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Farmer driving amongst the ruins. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Palace of Baz Bahadur |
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The Palace of Baz Bahadur, the final indipendant ruler of Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Palace of Baz Bahadur |
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The palace was built in 1509. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Palace of Baz Bahadur |
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Water pool and pavillion. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Palace of Baz Bahadur |
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View from the pavillion. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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A pair of tombs. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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Some of the many ruins around Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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Agricultural settlements at Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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Landscape dotted with the ancient city. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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Village among the ruins. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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Farm house. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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Ancient wall. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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People living and working among the ruins. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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Houses among the ruins. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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Agricultural land overlooked by several buildings. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
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|
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One of the many small pools in Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
|
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The landscape at Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Bhera Ghat, the Marble Rocks, close to the city of Jabalpur. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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The site has one of the largest fields of marble in India and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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The region has steep cliffs. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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The Narmada River passes through the Marble Rocks. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Visitors admiring a waterfall. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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The marble was laid down in a shallow sea and has since been subject to strong geological forces that have tilted the layers. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Women by the river. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Visitors to the rocks. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Woman. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Steep gorge. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Bhera Ghat |
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Dramatic views of the Marble Rocks. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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|
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The town of Jabalpur is close to the geographical centre of India. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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|
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The Chansath Yogiri Temple is dedicated to the goddess Kali. The region was the centre of the Thuggee cult whose followers used to strangle victims to please the goddess. It is the origin of the word "thug". The temple dates from 1155. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Madan Shah |
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Madan Shah is a fort was built in 1116. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Madan Shah |
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The fort was the centre of the Gonds, a pre-Aryan tribal people who ruled the region until Moghul times. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Madan Shah |
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The interior. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
Madan Shah |
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View from the walls. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
|
|
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A settlement built among huge boulders. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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|
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Rock houses. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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Large basalt boulders. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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The landscape around the town. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Jabalpur |
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Dramatic views. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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Sanchi is a 91m high hill containing the oldest Buddhist structures in India. The structures date from the 3rd century BCE and the site was founded by the Emperor Ashoka. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
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The Great Stupa is 16m high and 37m in diameter. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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The Great Stupa was built in the 3rd century BCE by Ashoka. The four gateways were added in 35 BCE and are 8.5m high. This is the North Gateway |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Detail of the North Gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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The birth of Buddha, represented by a lotus flower. The carvings at Sanchi were produced at a time when the Buddha was not represented physically. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Woman and elephants. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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The columns of the gateways are also carved. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Carving of the Buddha (represented by a wheel) giving his first sermon. The gateways have the best Buddhist carvings in India. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Celebrating the Buddha's life. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Flowers on the rear of the gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Carved demons. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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The death of the Buddha on the rear of the gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
North Gateway |
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Crowds of people including an archer and children. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
South Gateway |
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The South Gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
South Gateway |
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Carving of the Buddha (represented by a bo tree) with his disciples. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
South Gateway |
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Sanchi has the best Buddhist carvings in India. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
South Gateway |
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Detail from the rear of the gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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The East Gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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Buddha reaching Nirvana (enlightenment). |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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Detail from a ciolumn. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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The death of Buddha, represented by a stupa. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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Detail of a horse and a lotus. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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Delicate carvings on the interior of the columns. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
East Gateway |
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Human and animal figures. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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The West Gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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The rear of the gateway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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Detail showing Buddhist symbolism. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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Elephants are a symbol of Buddhism. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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Detail of the rear. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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The rear of the gateway with the three lions. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
West Gateway |
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The tripple lion of Ashoka is now the symbol of India. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Great Stupa |
|
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The Great Stpua is the most important structure at Sanchi. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
|
|
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A 7th century hall with Greek influence. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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|
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Khamb Baba is a pillar erected by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador from the Graeco-Buddhist city of Taxila (now in Pakistan). |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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|
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Stupa 3 is 8m high with a single gateway built in the 2nd century BCE. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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|
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A 4th century Gupta temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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|
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Erotic carvings from a later Hindu temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
|
|
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Part of the original settlement. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
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|
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A bowl carved from a boulder. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
|
|
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Recently (1989) excavated structure. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
|
|
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Stupa 2. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
|
|
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Remains of a later Hindu temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Street scene in the modern town. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Tonga (horse and cart). |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Man with a blue turban. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Young girl in her doorway. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Music shop. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Old man. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Family preparing food. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Young girl with khol (eye makeup). |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Family with oxen. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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Local transport. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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A Hindu temple with bathing ghats next to a lake. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Sanchi |
Modern Town |
|
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The staff at pretty Sanchi railway station. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Khajuraho |
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The temples of Khajuraho. |
1983 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Khajuraho |
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Khajuraho is a collection of temples built between 950 and 1050. |
1983 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Khajuraho |
|
Lakshmana Temple |
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The Lakshmana Temple dates from 950 and is dedicated to Vishnu. |
1983 |
were added from 11 December 2021.