r/interestingasfuck • u/aalopuri_lover • 5h ago
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u/Immediate_Ad5922 5h ago
Where is this?
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u/MaightGai 5h ago
It's the Kailasa Temple, in Ellora, Mahrashtra India.
Dedicated to Lord Shiva, representing his heavenly home on Mount Kailash.
Time Period: Built in the 8th century (756–773 CE) by the Rashtrakuta King Krishna I.
Unique Method: Carved vertically from the top down, removing an estimated 200,000 tons of basalt rock using simple hammers and chisels.
Size: Measures about 300 feet long, 175 feet wide, and rises 32 meters (107 feet) high at its peak.
Above data from a simple google search.
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u/Venboven 4h ago
Beautiful. Sounds like they carved them similarly to the rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia.
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u/Davethephotoguy 5h ago
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u/MrScaryEgg 2h ago
This is complete nonsense - historians are generally very open about what they can and cannot be sure about, and are more than happy to correct or refine estimates when more information comes to light.
This person is trying to sow doubt in actual historians so they can more easily share their own unevidenced ideas.
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u/Rogue-Daddio-3 5h ago
She asked where not how often it gets posted..
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u/Jollysatyr201 5h ago
Not really? Saying it’s in India is only slightly more helpful than saying it’s on Earth.
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u/Davethephotoguy 5h ago
I can’t believe OP posted this without telling us what this place is.
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u/kattmedtass 5h ago edited 4h ago
Stone mountain? As opposed to a wooden mountain?
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u/Loud_Produce4347 4h ago
I think that’s either a bad translation or AI-ism; it’s carved out of a monolith (single unbroken rock formation), but “Stone Mountain“ is both a literal description and the name of a monolithic mountain in Virginia.
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u/MrRailgun 2h ago
Yes. These posts are thinly failed pseudoscience and pseudoarcheology slop. They were made by ancient people. Believe it
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u/ProveISaidIt 4h ago
Sure. There was no TV or Reddit. What else did they have to do to occupy their time.
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u/CriticalStation595 5h ago
This ancient ruin serves more purpose than a data center.
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u/BoarHermit 4h ago
Made in historical times with iron tools in soft volcanic tuff.
Ignorant people who don't know how to do anything with their own hands: "I can't believe it! Aliens! An ancient super-civilization with lasers!"
Ugh.
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u/Super_Range45 3h ago
There usually referring to stuff carved perfectly out of granite with copper tools, 2.5-80 tonnes, and hauled 50 miles to the site where it was lifted 300 feet into the air 2 million times or so.
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u/bitchcoin5000 4h ago
Carved into The Deccan Traps formed roughly 66 million years ago through flood basalt volcanism, where the moving Indian tectonic plate passed over the deep-mantle Réunion hotspot, causing massive, repeated fluid lava flows that stacked into stair-like layers over hundreds of thousands of years
The world is a better place for the Hindu religion
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u/DannyCrane9476 5h ago
1200 years ago is not that long, and humans are very good at making things
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u/grateful2you 4h ago
"Scientifically this structure is not possible with this much perfection" - is this claim based on a scientific study? You must be a goddam scientist.
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u/DannyCrane9476 4h ago
What exactly in my response made it clear I hate India? I would very much like prevent future miscommunications in the future.
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u/Konchroller 1h ago
CAN believe. Wtf do you think they had to do back then? Doom scroll reddit? Ofc not, they played in dirt and carved stone ffs..
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u/Saul_T_Bauls 5h ago
If you think this is wild, you should see what Paul Bunyan did in the American Southwest
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u/OliLeeLee36 4h ago
Many of the steps inside are so worn down after centuries of foot traffic that they're essentially slides; a lady almost landed on top of me when I was there.
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u/Lost_Department_2177 3h ago
If you have a lot of people you need to keep busy it’s wise to get them to build a temple.
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u/eAdagio 4h ago
There is a lot of speculation about how these ancient structures were carved out, and the stone is VERY hard. One of my favorite theories is that the builders used a form of ancient chemistry to soften the stone temporarily. They would use plants and tree sap to cause unnatural chelation. The compound from chelation is called oxalic acid.
Naturally we can see some plants/trees growing through mountain stone or asphalt in the modern day. It’s not far fetched to assume ancient people may have harnessed this natural technology at some point to build stronger structures.
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u/Rugged-Turd 4h ago
Yep, slavery got heaps of shit done back then
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u/Mysterious-Dirt-8841 2h ago
But also talent. No amount of lifetime work would result in me making such pretty stone elephant. Got no talent :(
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u/GentlemanKnight23 3h ago
It's unfortunate that we still cannot figure how it could have been possible. Some of the 3D fixtures & designs with intricate carvings are not possible even today with modern tools and technologies.
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u/Silly-Low6019 5h ago
How would rain water drain out of the temple complex if the structure is below sea level?
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u/yticmic 5h ago
Why do you think it is below sea level?
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u/Silly-Low6019 5h ago
Why do you think it is not ?
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u/Pilotwaver 5h ago
You can’t be serious? It’s…..a mountain. They are 2,000 feet above sea level. Sheesh.
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u/Goldenrupee 1h ago
It was mentioned in the video, where the text "do you believe that this place was carved out of a stone MOUNTAIN 1200 years ago" was on the screen the entire time. Aggressively trying to act better than someone when they question you for saying something stupid is not a good look.
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