GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -About Kanheri Caves Created by Bhuddist monks between the 2nd and 9th centuries AD, the Kanheri Caves are a collection of rock cut monuments, prayer halls and buildings and are now a popular tourist attraction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Once the caves were converted to permanent monasteries, their walls were carved with intricate reliefs of Buddha and the Bodhisattvas. Kanheri caves were built in the 1st century and had become an important Buddhist settlement on the Konkan coast by the 3rd century CE.