Learn Geology unveils 1800 years oldest surviving cut-rock in Lomas Rishi Cave
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The questions that is now bothering billions of people around the globe is, How possible for a 1800 year old rock cut survive as this, was it technologically aided to look beautiful as this?
Global Times Nigeria investigation revealed that the Lomas Rishi Cave which is also widely called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi is one of the man-made Barabar Caves.
The Grotto cut rock situated in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.
This rock-cut cave was carved out as a sanctuary.
According to report is one of several man-made Barabar Caves in history of India.
The Barabar Hill Caves (Hindi बराबर, Barābar) are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating back from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region at Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, a 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.
The cave of Lomas Rishi is probably the most famous of the caves of Barabar, because of its beautifully carved door. It is on the southern side of Barabar granite hill, and is adjacent to Sudama cave, which is on the left. Lomas Rishi consists of two rooms: a rectangular room measuring 9.86×5.18m, and a circular, semi-hemispherical room 5m in diameter, which is accessed from the rectangular room by a narrow rectangular passage.
Edited by Global Times Nigeria Media Limited.
Source: Learn Geology