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424:Junagadh
362:Varanasi
327:Piprahwa
229:Vaishali
219:Sankissa
1266:Gujarat
1129:In the
1093:In the
828:Gujarat
589:Alt URL
493:Mathura
472:Jainism
453:chaitya
440:Jainism
432:Gujarat
426:of the
416:caverns
307:Nalanda
302:Mathura
292:Kosambi
272:Devdaha
262:Bharhut
196:Sarnath
191:Lumbini
1378:Odisha
1307:Aihole
1131:Junnar
1095:Mumbai
901:Aihole
428:Indian
347:Sanchi
247:Ajanta
214:Rajgir
1248:Bihar
1133:area:
1097:area:
795:Bihar
629:77–78
497:Vyala
446:Caves
312:Nasik
470:and
438:and
322:Pāvā
1456::
607:75
570:^
442:.
1216:e
1209:t
1202:v
716:e
709:t
702:v
487:"
396:e
389:t
382:v
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