This 1,500-year-old Cave in India was Carved out of a Giant Boulder

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This 1,500-year-old Cave in India was Carved out of a Giant Boulder This is Lomas Rishi Cave, one of several man-made Barabar Caves.

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The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE),

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Some with Ashokan inscriptions located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad distt, Bihar, India 24 km North of Gaya.

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The cave of Lomas Rishi is probably the most famous of the caves of Barabar, b’coz of its beautifully carved door. It is on the Southern side of the Barabar…

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