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Kanheri Caves

caves, India
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  • entrance to Mumbai Harbour
    Mumbai
    / Cultural life

    …vacation resort located near the Kanheri Caves; the caves, numbering more than 100, were the site of an ancient Buddhist university and contain gigantic Buddhist sculptures dating from the 2nd to the 9th century bce. There are several public gardens, including the Jijamata Udyan, which houses Mumbai’s zoo in the…

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    …vacation resort located near the Kanheri Caves; the caves, numbering more than 100, were the site of an ancient Buddhist university and contain gigantic Buddhist sculptures dating from the 2nd to the 9th century bce. There are several public gardens, including the Jijamata Udyan, which houses Mumbai’s zoo in the…

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