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AJANtA ANd eLLorA
NoteWorthY NAGArJUNAKoNdA The ajanta and Ellora Caves are famous world heritage

Nagarjunakonda is sites in Maharashtra. The ajanta caves were discovered
a historical buddhist by a british army officer during one of his hunting
town in andhra expeditions. These cave are the one of the finest examples
Pradesh. Today it is of indian art. They were used as a retreat by buddhist
an island housing monks during the monsoons. Kailasa Temple in ellora
an archaeological is also world famous for the largest single monolithic
museum and excavation in Cave 16.
monuments from Sejal Sharma, XA, All Saints Senior Secondary School, Ajmer; Dhruv
the Nagarjunakonda Agarwal, XE, Gwalior Glory High School, Gwalior; Arjun Nagar, Scholars
valley that were in danger of being submerged under Home Senior Secondary School, Dehradun
the Nagarjunasagar Dam. One can find structures like
the Maha stupa, buddha Chaitya, and a bathing ghat. herUKA storY
The excavations have also unearthed memorial pillars, an important discovery is the
jewellery, coins, statues and sculptures of lord buddha idol of Vajrayana deity 'Heruka' in
made of marble. The inscriptions provide knowledge Visakhapatnam. in Vajrayana buddhism,
about the ikshvaku dynasty and show state patronage heruka is the name for wrathful deities.
of the construction of temples and monasteries.
They also found a terracotta elephant
Geethika OT, IXC, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School, Jubilee Hills, head, conical mud bowls, thumb and
Hyderabad
finger print designs on pots.
Text and Illustration by: Diya H. Vatekar VII D, Little
Angels School, Visakhapatnam

KoNArK sUN teMPLe
rUiNs oF diMAsA KAChAri
The 13th century Konark sun
Temple is a uNesCO world One of the famous archaeological sites of
heritage site in Odisha. it Nagaland is the dimasa Kachari ruins in
is in the form of a chariot Dimapur. it consists of mushroom
for lord surya, with stone- shaped pillars built during the Dimasa
carved wheels and galloping Kachari period.
horses. it was long forgotten Text and Illustration by: Ngamjong Tn Yanlim, VIII,
and remained buried under a Christina Memorial Higher Secondary School,
Dimapur
mound of sand until the early Illustration by: Arjun Nagar, VE,
Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School,
20th century, when restoration Dehradun
began under the british.
archaeologists uncovered the lower parts
of the temple and restored the rest of the AN ACCideNtAL disCoVerY!
ruins.
six copper axes and pottery
Aditi Baveja, IX, Gwalior Glory High School,
Gwalior; Aklesh Kumar, VIII, Little Ones dating back 4,000 years were
Public School, Delhi; Sonali Chaudhary, discovered in saharanpur, uttar
VIII, Scholars Home Senior Secondary
School, Dehradun; Pawan Preet, XI Pradesh. it was an accidental
G, DAV International School, discovery as workers of a brick
Amritsar kiln found the axes when they
were digging to collect soil.
Illustration by: Saad Ali, X C, Greenwood Senior
Niharika Saini, Green Secondary School, Rampur
Fields School, Delhi

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