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Nashik caves through time

Now Nashik, Maharashtra

  1. Theme 9 · 5th century BCE to 13th century CE

    Buddhism and Jainism: later development and decline

    Viharas with inscriptions naming Satavahana queens, merchants and guilds

  2. Theme 8c · 230 BCE to 220 CE

    The Satavahanas

    Rock cut Buddhist caves with inscriptions, among them Gautami Balashri's prashasti