Therefore, Mauryan rule marks an important phase ... are the several examples of cave architecture. The hills of Barabar caves were donated by Ashoka to Ajivika monks and three separate caves ...

Called chaitya, this room is an important part of Buddhist architecture for group worship. The Lomas Rishi cave, however ... which developed in the Mauryan period along with Buddhism and Jainism.

The Barabar caves near Bodh Gaya, carved during the Mauryan era, are India's oldest rock-cut caves, famed for their acoustics ...