Buddhist monastic complex of viharas and chaityasSatavahana and laterrock-cut Buddhist architecture in basalt
Sacred since
1 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1st–10th c. CE
Satavahana and later
History & significance
A group of 109 caves cut into a basalt outcrop inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park, forming a long-lived Buddhist monastic and teaching centre on the Konkan coast with elaborate water-management works.