title: Yerphal Caves
text: # Yerphal Caves
  
  Yerphal Caves, also Yerphale Caves, are a small group of Buddhist caves located near Umbraj, Maharashtra, India. The caves were only discovered recently, in 1979. It is located not far from the Karad Caves (about 25 km).
  
  The group contains a small chaitya hall with an apsidal plan with a stupa inside. There are also two cells, and an unfinished cave. The caves can be dated to the first half of the 2nd century CE.
  
  