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Karli, Maharashtra, India: caitya nave

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architecture
- In South Asian arts: Early Indian architecture (2nd century bc–3rd century ad)

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Emily Rodriguez

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Chaitya Halls In India.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 05, 2016
	Add new Web site: Academia - Caitya Veneration an Uigur Manuscript with Potraits of Donors.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 05, 2016
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998