Ambivali Caves

Known also as Ambivali Leni, the Ambivali Caves are Buddhist rock-cut chambers near Neral in Raigad district, Maharashtra, about 8 km south-east of Kalyan. They are carved into a low hill that sits on the inner curve of a bend in a river.

The group consists of 12 vihara cells, the small rooms in which monks lived, fronted by a verandah, along with several rock-cut water cisterns. One pillar of the verandah carries a single inscription written in the ancient Brahmi script, the only inscription recorded at the site.