Mount Abu

…situated on the slopes of Mount Abu, an isolated massif in the Aravalli Range.

…and including Guru Peak on Mount Abu, the highest peak in the Aravalli Range (1,722 meters [5,650 feet]); and the Sambhar-Khetri ranges, consisting of three ridges that are discontinuous. It is the oldest mountain range in India and is estimated to be more than 2 billion years old.

…with the Jain temples at Mount Abu attaining a perfection of rococo. Nalanda was the center of striking but less-ornate images in black stone and of Buddhist bronze icons. Central Indian craftsmen used the softer sandstone. In the peninsula the profusely sculptured rock-cut temples such as the Kailasa at the…

…the Lūṇa Vasahī (1230) at Mt. Ābū. The Vimala Vasahī consists of a sanctum, a gūḍhamaṇḍapa, and a magnificent assembly hall added in mid-12th century. The plain, uncarved exterior walls of the rectangular enclosure of the temple have on the inside rows of cells containing images of divinities. The interiors…

…roughly from Guru Peak on Mount Abu (5,650 feet [1,722 metres]), near the town of Abu in the southwest, to the town of Khetri in the northeast. About three-fifths of the state lies northwest of that line, leaving the remaining two-fifths in the southeast. Those are the two natural divisions…