The Impossible Precision of Barabar Caves | Ancient India | Megalithomania Documentary Part 1

The Barabar Caves are located in Bihar, 15 miles north of Gaya in India. Four of the caves are on Barabar Hill which we focus on in this video, whilst another three are located one mile away on Nagarjuni Hill. The remarkable sophistication of the smoothly cut and polished granite has bewildered travellers for centuries. The only inscriptions date from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan script, but these are carved out roughly near the entrances which has some scholars suggesting the original caves are much older. The quality of the stonework has been compared to Egypt and Peru, yet these are different not only from those, but also any other 'cave temples' in India.