Lost Cities of India    Click on thumbnails below for larger pictures. Links indicate photo sets.

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"What does it mean for a world to vanish? As a kid, when I first came across the term 'lost cities', I was mesmerized. A whole city lost? Lost? How can that happen?

We live with the illusion that our physical and cultural worlds have a certain solidity and stability, that despite inevitable change, they will endure long after us, bearing our legacy and progeny. We maintain this illusion even when we're aware of the many lost worlds that archaeologists have dug out—astonishing places like Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, Memphis, Mohenjo-Daro and Persepolis. Since such lost worlds first captivated my imagination as a boy, I've visited dozens of them but I've lost none of my fascination for them."

—From the Introduction of Namit Arora's Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization.

Dholavira	Khajuraho	Lothal	Shravasti
Nagarjunakonda	Sarnath	Sanchi	Rabdentse
Rajgir	Nalanda	Patna	Mamallapuram
Konark	Udaygiri Mahavihara	Ratnagiri Mahavihara	Lalitagiri Mahavihara
Badami	Ellora	Ajanta	Vijayanagar
Bhojpur	Almora	Udaigiri Caves
Bavikonda & Thotlakonda	Bojjannakonda & Lingalakonda	Eluru / Guntupalli Caves
Purana Qila	Tughlaqabad	Hauz Khas