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Barabar Caves
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The caves were featured located in a fictitious Marabar in the book A Passage to India by English
author E. M. Forster. These were also shown in the book The Mahabharata Secret by Indian author
Christopher C. Doyle.
Contents
1 Caves at Barabar Hill
2 Nagarjuni Caves
3 See also
4 Further reading
5 References
6 External links
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Nagarjuni Caves
Nearby caves of Nagarjuna are smaller and
younger than Barabar caves [11] The three caves
are:
See also
Kumhrar
Edicts of Ashoka
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A Passage to India
Further reading
Mauryan Architecture and Art Rock cut architecture (https://books.google.com
/books?id=Q5kI02_zW70C&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Barabar+Caves+india&source=web&
ots=IIDwfukdu-&sig=PmUtkodfN_DMGXsDkH0utYz6I6g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&
resnum=2&ct=result) The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities
and States, by Frank Raymond Allchin, George Erdosy. Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN
0-521-37695-5. Page 247
Introduction (https://books.google.com/books?id=EoNAuVouPN4C&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&
dq=Barabar+Caves+india&source=web&ots=4tTT-YhU6w&
sig=ajx7bjcrgxtfv0vhoR43ORkuI8g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result) The
Cambridge Companion to E.M. Forster, by David Bradshaw, Contributor David Bradshaw,
Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-521-83475-9. Page 188.
References
1. Culture of peace (http://www.flonnet.com/stories/20080912251806500.htm) Frontline, Volume 25 Issue
18 :: Aug. 30-Sep. 12, 2008.
2. Sculptured doorway, Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar, Gaya (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00056000) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20090408210434
/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00056000) April 8,
2009, at the Wayback Machine. British Library
3. Entrance to one of the Barabar Hill caves (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000001003U0045A000) Archived (https://web.archive.org
/web/20120214225416/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000001003U0045A000) February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. British
Library.
4. Barabar Hills: Where the Buddhist Emperor Ashoka built caves for the Ajivakas
(http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/pg_01.htm) www.buddhanet.net.
5. Rock sculptures at Barabar (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000001003U00046000) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20120214225522
/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000001003U00046000) February
14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. British Library.
6. Architectural history (http://www.indian-architecture.info/) www.indian-architecture.info.
7. An overview of archaeological importance of Bihar (http://yac.bih.nic.in/Da-01.htm) Directorate of
Archaeology, Govt. of Bihar.
8. Part of the elephant frieze over the doorway at the Barabar caves. 1790 (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk
/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019WDZ000001767U00000000) Archived (https://web.archive.org
/web/20120214225709/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019WDZ000001767U00000000) February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. British
Library.
9. Sudama and Lomas Rishi Caves at Barabar Hills, Gaya (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00055000) British Library. Archived (https://web.archive.org
/web/20070822011035/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00055000) August 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
10. Karna Chowpar cave, Barabar Hills. (http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation
/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00099000) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20090408210444
/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000125S1U00099000) April 8,
2009, at the Wayback Machine. British Library.
11. Barabar and Nagarjuna Caves (http://www.culturopedia.com/Places/places.html).
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External links
Series of images of Barabar Caves
Wikimedia Commons has
(http://www.barabarcaves.com/)
media related to Barabar
Detailed notes on The Barabar Caves and its use as Caves.
Marabar Caves in E.M. Fosters Passage to India
(http://www.mapability.com/travel/p2i/barabar_1.php)
Barabar Caves (http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/As/India/Bihar/Barabar.htm) and
Nagarjuni Caves (http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/As/India/Bihar/Nagarjuni.htm),
description by Wondermondo
Barabar Caves Travel Guide (http://travelnewsindia.com/barabar-caves/)
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