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KHAJRAHO

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 770 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KHAJRAHO  , a

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village of Central
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India, in the
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state of
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Chhatarpur, famous for its old temples; pop . (1901), 1242 . It is believed to have been the
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capital of the
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ancient
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kingdom of Jijhoti, corresponding with
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modern
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Bundelkhand . The temples consist of three
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groups: Saiva, Vaishnav and Jain, almost all built in the loth and 11th centuries . They are covered outside and inside with elaborate sculptures, and also
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bear valuable
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inscriptions .

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