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Lonavala, Maharashtra · 18.7290°, 73.4813°
A group of 22 rock-cut caves near Lonavala whose barrel-vaulted chaitya and reliefs document the early development of Buddhist architecture; one carving is cited as evidence that drums of the tabla type were in use over two millennia ago.
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