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Thursday, January 28, 2016

ANCIENT CAVES USED BY HINDU MONKS AND BUDDHISTS

ANCIENT CAVES USED BY HINDU MONKS AND THEN LATER BUDDHISTS
TALAJA Near Bhavnagar Gujarat state . India
The serene town of Talaja on the banks of Shetrunji River, has around 30 ancient Hindu / Buddhist caves cut into the rocks, with perfectly identifiable carvings of Boddhisatva. The most impressive structure is the Ebhala Mandapa, a large hall with four octagonal pillars in the front.
This ancient Mahabharata era caves of the early Haihaiya's whose The adventurous group of Yadava lineages are those which come under the title of the Haihaya clans. These were in the main, five, all of whom called themselves Talajangha (perhaps with the palm tree as totem?). Among these were included the Saryata (whose ancestors had fled from Kusasthali), Bhoja, Vitihotra, Avanti and Tundikera. The Haihayas moved along the Narmada and are believed to have captured Mahismati from the Karkotaka Naga and fortified it as an important settlement.
One line of Yadus via Satvata, Andhaka and Vrsni migrated to Dvarka in Kathiawar.
 The serene town of Talaja on the banks of Shetrunji River, has around 30 ancient Hindu / Buddhist caves cut into the rocks, with perfectly identifiable carvings of Boddhisatva. The most impressive structure is the Ebhala Mandapa, a large hall with four octagonal pillars in the front.
This ancient Mahabharata era caves of the early Haihaiya's whose The adventurous group of Yadava lineages are those which come under the title of the Haihaya clans. These were in the main, five, all of whom called themselves Talajangha (perhaps with the palm tree as totem?). Among these were included the Saryata (whose ancestors had fled from Kusasthali), Bhoja, Vitihotra, Avanti and Tundikera. The Haihayas moved along the Narmada and are believed to have captured Mahismati from the Karkotaka Naga and fortified it as an important settlement.

One line of Yadus via Satvata, Andhaka and Vrsni migrated to Dvarka in Kathiawar.