News and stories from India
10 stories set in India, including Sanchi, India, Sarnath, India, Bihar, India, Maharashtra, India, Agra, India, Madurai, India, Odisha, India, New Delhi, India.
Stories in India
- Great Stupa of Sanchi: a world wonder of c. 250 BCE (World Wonder · Sanchi, India) — c. 250 BCE, Sanchi, India. Ashoka’s brick mound, later cased in stone, with four toranas carved as a stone picture-book of the Buddha’s live
- Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath: a world wonder of c. 250 BCE (World Wonder · Sarnath, India) — c. 250 BCE, Sarnath, India. Four addorsed lions on a lotus and Dharma-wheel drum, once topping a pillar where the Buddha first taught.
- Barabar Caves: a world wonder of c. 250 BCE (World Wonder · Bihar, India) — c. 250 BCE, Bihar, India. Ashoka and Dasharatha dedicated granite caves to Ajivika ascetics, interiors polished like black glass.
- Early caves at Ajanta: a world wonder of c. 200 BCE (World Wonder · Maharashtra, India) — c. 200 BCE, Maharashtra, India. The first phase of Ajanta (caves 9, 10, 12, 13) is Satavahana-period rock-cut worship, centuries before the
- Taj Mahal: a world wonder of c. 1653 CE (World Wonder · Agra, India) — c. 1653 CE, Agra, India. Shah Jahan’s white-marble mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal — symmetry so exact it feels like a proof, not a building.
- Meenakshi Amman Temple: a world wonder of c. 1600 CE (World Wonder · Madurai, India) — c. 1600 CE, Madurai, India. Gopurams exploding with thousands of painted sculptures — a Dravidian skyline of colour.
- Konark Sun Temple: a world wonder of c. 1250 CE (World Wonder · Odisha, India) — c. 1250 CE, Odisha, India. A colossal stone chariot for Surya — 24 wheels that work as sundials, pulled by carved horses.
- Kailasa Temple, Ellora: a world wonder of c. 760 CE (World Wonder · Maharashtra, India) — c. 760 CE, Maharashtra, India. A freestanding Hindu temple carved top-down from a single basalt cliff — subtractive architecture at Himalaya
- Ajanta painted caves: a world wonder of c. 480 CE (World Wonder · Maharashtra, India) — c. 480 CE, Maharashtra, India. Vakataka-era murals that still glow — Buddhist stories in a horseshoe of rock-cut halls.
- Lotus Temple: a world wonder of c. 1986 CE (World Wonder · New Delhi, India) — c. 1986 CE, New Delhi, India. A Baháʼí house of worship as a marble lotus — nine petals of prayer open to all faiths.
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