{"id":2541,"date":"2025-05-03T21:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:17:44","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-indian-rock-cut-architecture-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-indian-rock-cut-architecture-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the history of Indian rock-cut architecture, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The caves at Badami are the&nbsp;<strong>oldest<\/strong>&nbsp;surviving rock-cut caves in India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Barabar rock-cut caves were originally made for Ajivikas by Emperor&nbsp;<strong>Chandragupta Maurya<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At Ellora, caves were made for different faiths.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"barabar-caves\">Barabar Caves:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/cave-architecture-upsc\/\">Barabar Hill Caves<\/a>&nbsp;are the&nbsp;<strong>oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322\u2013185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions<\/strong>, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These caves are situated in the&nbsp;<strong>twin hills of Barabar (four caves) and Nagarjuni (three caves).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These rock-cut chambers bear dedicatory inscriptions in the name of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cKing Piyadasi\u201d for the Barabar group, and \u201cDevanampiya Dasaratha\u201d for the Nagarjuni group<\/strong>, thought to date back to the 3rd century BCE during the Maurya period, and to correspond respectively&nbsp;<strong>to Ashoka<\/strong>&nbsp;(reigned 273\u2013232 BCE)&nbsp;<strong>and his grandson, Dasharatha Maurya<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves were&nbsp;<strong>used by ascetics from the Ajivika sect, founded by Makkhali Gosala<\/strong>, a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and of Mahavira, the last and 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ajivikas had many similarities with Buddhism as well as Jainism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"badami-caves\"><strong>Badami Caves<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Badami is a town in the&nbsp;<strong>Bagalkot district of Karnataka<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves were constructed in the&nbsp;<strong>6th century<\/strong>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;<strong>Chalukya Dynasty&nbsp;<\/strong>in their capital&nbsp;<strong>Badami<\/strong>, which was earlier known as&nbsp;<strong>Vatapi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves significantly represent&nbsp;<strong>Indian rock-cut architecture<\/strong>, especially Badami Chalukya architecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves house several&nbsp;<strong>Hindu and Jain temples<\/strong>. The Hindu temples are mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, and their incarnations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves are a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/world-heritage-sites-in-india-upsc\/\"><strong>World Heritage Site<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>of UNESCO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ellora-caves\">Ellora Caves:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The caves are located in the&nbsp;<strong>Aurangabad district of Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caves are complex of&nbsp;<strong>Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain monuments<\/strong>; and are&nbsp;one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 100 caves are there at the site and all the monuments were built during the&nbsp;<strong>Rashtrakuta dynasty<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was designated as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/world-heritage-sites-in-india-upsc\/\"><strong>World Heritage Site<\/strong>&nbsp;by UNESCO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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