Kanheri Hill

E268100
Buddhist monastic site hill rock-cut cave complex

Kanheri Hill is a prominent elevation on Salsette Island in Mumbai, India, best known for its ancient Buddhist rock-cut cave complex and monastic site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kanheri Caves 3
Kanheri Hill canonical 1
Kanheri caves 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastic site ⓘ
hill ⓘ
rock-cut cave complex ⓘ
associatedWith Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Hinayana Buddhism

Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
earliestConstructionCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
flourishedUntilCentury 11th century ⓘ
hasAccessFrom Sanjay Gandhi National Park ⓘ
surface form: Sanjay Gandhi National Park entrance
hasApproximateNumberOfCaves over 100 ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle rock-cut architecture ⓘ
hasClimate tropical wet and dry ⓘ
hasFeature Buddhist stupas ⓘ
chaitya halls ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
reliefs of the Buddha ⓘ
rock-cut cisterns ⓘ
viharas ⓘ
water management system ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation protected monument of national importance ⓘ
hasMaterial basalt ⓘ
hasRockCutCaves Kanheri Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kanheri Caves
hasViewOf Mumbai Metropolitan Region ⓘ
surface form: Mumbai metropolitan region
isPartOf Western Ghats ⓘ
surface form: Western Ghats foothills
languageOfInscriptions Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Maharashtra ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
Mumbai Suburban district ⓘ
Salsette Island ⓘ
Sanjay Gandhi National Park ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone IST ⓘ
mainPeriodOfDevelopment 2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
managedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
near Borivali ⓘ
Thane Creek ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions Brahmi script ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
state Maharashtra ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
usedAs Buddhist educational center ⓘ
Buddhist monastery ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salsette Island → hasHighestPoint → Kanheri Hill ⓘ
Sanjay Gandhi National Park → knownFor → Kanheri Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanheri Caves
Sanjay Gandhi National Park → contains → Kanheri Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanheri Caves
Satavahana dynasty → notableSite → Kanheri Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanheri caves
Kanheri Hill → hasRockCutCaves → Kanheri Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanheri Caves