Aurangabad Caves
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Cluster of 12 Buddhist rock-cut caves on a hillside in Maharashtra, near Aurangabad city. Western and Eastern groups separated by a kilometer. Conventional dating: 6th-8th century CE. Independent reading: tool-mark patterns and chamber geometry invite older construction. Independent investigators note design similarities with Andean rock-cutting.
Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; stones fitted without mortar, almost no gap; geometry beyond period explanation.
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