Consider the following pairs: <table><tr><th>Site</th><th>Well known for</th></tr><tr><td>1. Besnagar</td><td>Shaivite cave shrine</td></tr><tr><td>2. Bhaja</td><td>Buddhist cave shrine</td></tr><tr><td>3. Sittanavasal</td><td>Jain cave shrine</td></tr></table> How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Answer: B. Only TWO pairs are correctly matched. (1) Besnagar - Shaivite cave shrine: WRONG. Besnagar (Vidisha, MP) is famous for the HELIODORUS PILLAR, a Vaishnavite (Garuda) pillar erected by the Indo-Greek envoy Heliodorus dedicated to Vasudeva-Krishna around 110 BCE. NOT a Shaivite cave shrine; not even primarily a cave site. (2) Bhaja - Buddhist cave shrine: CORRECT. Bhaja caves (near Pune, Maharashtra) are 2nd century BCE Buddhist rock-cut chaityas and viharas. They contain one of India's earliest chaitya halls with wooden architectural imitations in stone. (3) Sittanavasal - Jain cave shrine: CORRECT. Sittanavasal caves (Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu) are JAIN rock-cut caves with beautiful frescoes from the Pandya period (7-9th century CE). The 'Arivar Koil' is a Jain shrine with paintings depicting samavasarana (Tirthankara assembly). So 2 of 3 (Bhaja and Sittanavasal). Source: ASI cave temple inventories / NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part I.