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Manmodi caves

The Manmodi Caves are a complex of a rock-cut caves about 3 km to the south of the city of Junnar in India. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Tulja Caves, Shivneri Caves and Lenyadri caves. It is thought that the caves were positioned on natural trade routes, formed by passes leading from the coast to the basaltic plateau of the Western Ghats. One of the caves in Manmodi has an epigraph mentioning the Western Satrap Nahapana bearing the title of Mahakshatrapa (Great Satrap).

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in India

  1. Ajanta Caves
  2. Amba Devi Cave
  3. Armamalai Cave
  4. Barabar Caves
  5. Bava Pyara caves

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