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"What does it mean for a world to vanish? As a kid, when I first came across the term 'lost cities' I was mesmerized. A whole city lost? Lost? How can that happen?

We live with the illusion that our physical and cultural worlds have a certain solidity and stability, that despite inevitable change, they will endure long after us, bearing our legacy and progeny. We maintain this illusion even when we're aware of the many lost worlds that archaeologists have dug out – astonishing places like Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, Memphis, Mohenjo-Daro and Persepolis. Since such lost worlds first captivated my imagination as a boy, I've visited dozens of them but I've lost none of my fascination for them."

—From the Introduction of Namit Arora's Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization.

Dholavira	Lothal	Nagarjunakonda	Shravasti
Mataram-Prambanan	Borobudur	Ancient Xi'an	Nalanda
Khajuraho	Sarnath	Sanchi	Rabdentse
Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Dambulla Caves	Sigiriya
Konark	Udaygiri Mahavihara	Ratnagiri Mahavihara	Lalitagiri Mahavihara
Memphis	Thebes	Yebu	Abu Simbel
Troy	Miletus	Priene	Didyma
Ephesus	Hierapolis	Syracusa	Agrigento
Ugarit	Palmyra	Serjilla	Al-Bara
Petra	Afamia	Jerash	Ancient Amman
Palenque	Uxmal	Chichen Itza	Teotihuacan
Tikal	Machu Picchu	Cuzco	Monte Alban
Olympia	Corinth	Delphi	Epidauros
Mycenae	Mystras	Sparta	Ancient Athens
Badami	Ajanta	Ellora	Mamallapuram
Vijayanagar	Almora	Udaigiri Caves	Bhojpur
Rajgir	Patna	Longmen Gottoes	Yungang Grottoes
Banpo Neolithic Village	Bavikonda & Thotlakonda	Bojjannakonda & Lingalakonda	Eluru / Guntupalli Caves
Hauz Khas	Purana Qila	Tughlaqabad