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    Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings, and sculptures by excavating solid rock where it naturally occurs. Intensely laborious...
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    Indian rock-cut architecture Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance in that country than any other form of rock-cut architecture...
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    Rock-cut architecture in Cappadocia in Central Turkey includes living and work spaces as well as sacred buildings like churches and monasteries, that...
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    A rock-cut tomb is a burial chamber that is cut into an existing, naturally occurring rock formation, so a type of rock-cut architecture. They are usually...
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    Buddhist caves in India (category Indian rock-cut architecture)
    rock-cut architecture, and are among the most prolific examples of rock-cut architecture around the world. There are more than 1,500 known rock cut structures...
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    Gangaadhareshwara, also Gavipura Cave Temple, an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, is located in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka in India. The...
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    pillared hall leading to the sanctum, which has rock-cut architecture. The sanctum sanctorum is rock-cut and square in shape with a black background. The...
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    existing architecture are made with Indian rock-cut architecture, including many Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain temples. The Hindu temple architecture is divided...
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  • living rock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Living rock can refer to: Rock-cut architecture, in phrases such as "hewn from the living rock" Dwarf...
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    regarded as one of the "First Houses of Murugan". The temple uses rock-cut architecture and is believed to have been built by the Pandyas during the 6th...
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    Tale of Two Imperial Residences: Aurangzeb's Architectural Patronage". Journal of Islamic Architecture. 4 (2): 63. doi:10.18860/jia.v4i2.3514. ISSN 2356-4644...
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    has often been taken away for re-use. The large amount of Indian rock-cut architecture, essentially beginning around 250 BCE, is therefore especially important...
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    of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. They represent the epitome of Indian rock cut architecture. Like the Ajanta Caves, the Ellora Caves are also a UNESCO World...
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    Undavalli Caves (category Jain rock-cut architecture)
    The Undavalli Caves, a monolithic example of Indian rock-cut architecture and one of the finest testimonials to ancient viswakarma sthapathis, are located...
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    also referred to as Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, is an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the Kangra Valley of Beas...
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    Chennai City, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed as rock-cut architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Narasimhar, and his consort...
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    Pancha Rathas (category Indian rock-cut architecture)
    Tamil Nadu, India. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture. The complex was initially thought to have carved during the reign...
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    of rock art, and sometimes found as part of, or in conjunction with, rock-cut architecture. However, they tend to be omitted in most works on rock art...
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    Petra (category Rock-cut architecture)
    historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because...
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  • This is a partial list of Indian rock-cut temples by state or union territory. Akkanna Madanna Caves, Vijayawada Belum Caves, Kurnool district Bhairavakona...
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    Kailasa Temple, Ellora (category Indian rock-cut architecture)
    because of its size, architecture, and sculptural treatment. It has been called "the climax of the rock-cut phase of Indian architecture". The top of the...
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    Vijayalaya Choleeswaram (category Chola architecture)
    Jain Caves. The Temple is Constructed in the Dravida style and rock cut architecture, the temple is believed to have been built during the 9th century...
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    Monolith (category Rock formations)
    prehistory, and may be used in the contexts of rock-cut architecture that remains attached to solid rock, as in monolithic church, or for exceptionally...
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    Vettuvan Koil (category Pandyan architecture)
    dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed in the Pandyan Architecture and rock cut architecture, the unfinished temple was built during the 8th century...
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    Pandavleni (category Jain rock-cut architecture)
    as Tirthankar Leni, Panch Pandav or Pandav Leni Jain cave, is ancient rock-cut sculptures complex located at Gomai River around 6 kilometer north of Shahada...
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    structures, probably beginning as rock-cut architecture, which has often survived very well. Early Asian writings on architecture include the Kao Gong Ji of...
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    Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches...
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    Nissen hut, prefabricated home Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale...
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    varieties found in Maharashtra are wider than the caves and rock-cut architecture found in the rock cut areas of Egypt, Assyria, Persia and Greece.[citation...
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    Bagh Caves (category Indian rock-cut architecture)
    of Indian rock-cut architecture. The Bagh caves, like those at Ajanta, were excavated by master craftsmen on perpendicular sandstone rock face of a hill...
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