state in India. Ajanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, the caves include paintings...
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cave temples include the Bhaja Caves, the Karla Caves, the Bedse Caves, the Kanheri Caves, and some of the Ajanta Caves. Relics found in these caves suggest...
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chaitya griha amongst the Buddhist caves and is constructed along similar lines to Caves 19 and 26 of Ajanta. Cave 10 also features a gavaksha, or chandrashala...
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cave temples include the Bhaja Caves, the Karla Caves, the Bedse Caves, the Kanheri Caves, and some of the Ajanta Caves. Relics found in these caves suggest...
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monument under the Archaeological Survey of India. "Caves I and III of Aurangabad and last caves of Ajanta co-existed as is apparent from striking parallels...
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mainly natural caves and rock-cut chambers. The highest achievements of this time are the caves of Ajanta, Bagh, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave (Tamil Nadu)...
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Cave 2 took place in the late 5th century. Caves overview. Entrance. Pillars. Front of the caves. Monumental statues. ASI notice. Cetiya Ajanta Caves...
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Walter Spink (section Work on Ajanta Caves)
2000. Spink's major contribution was to interpret the Ajanta Caves, a Buddhist complex of caves near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, that was carved between...
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Aurangabad district, Maharashtra (section Caves)
tourism region in Marathwada, with attractions including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves. Aurangabad District is located mainly in the Godavari River...
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these early Chaitya Caves is as follows: first Cave 9 at Kondivite Caves, then Cave 12 at the Bhaja Caves and Cave 10 of Ajanta Caves, around the 1st century...
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Harishena (section Ajanta Caves)
branch. The monumental rock-cut caves at Ajanta offer the greatest examples of Vakataka art and architecture. The Ajanta caves are best known for their wall...
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Ajanta or Ajantha is a village in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, on the road between Jalgaon and Aurangabad near the Ajanta Caves. It has an average...
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very important sites such as the Ajanta Caves and Elephanta Caves, both mostly created in this period, and the Ellora Caves which were probably begun then...
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vihara of Cave XVI of Ajanta.[unreliable source?] Three of the Buddhist caves at Ajanta, two viharas – caves XVI and XVII and a chaitya – cave XIX were...
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statue later. Typical large sites such as the Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Karli Caves, and Kanheri Caves contain several viharas. Some included a chaitya...
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Maugham's 1944 novel The Razor's Edge. India portal Society portal Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Goa Inquisition History of Maharashtra Indian rock-cut architecture...
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sanctuaries instead of artificial caves. The UNESCO World Heritage List includes numerous cave temples in Asia, including Ajanta, Elephanta, Ellora and Mamallapuram...
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to the Ajanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Daulatabad fort and Antur fort, both protected historical sites, are located in the Ajanta hills.[citation...
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in Ajanta and Karla Caves. The Barabar caves greatly influenced the tradition of rock-cut architecture in the Indian subcontinent. Lomas Rishi cave has...
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natural beauty. The Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, that lie on the outskirts of Aurangabad are internationally renowned for man-made caves and intricate carvings...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ajanta may refer to: Ajanta Caves, an archaeological site in Mahrashtra, India Ajanta, Maharashtra, a village in Aurangabad...
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Ajanta Cave Bedse Caves Bhaja Caves Kanheri Caves Karla Caves Pitalkhora Caves Shivneri Caves Michell, 383 Michell, 384 "In Nashik's Buddhist caves complex...
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caves and rock-cut chambers. These include the caves of Ajanta, Bagh, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave (Tamil Nadu), Kailasanatha temple in Ellora Caves,...
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hub, surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara...
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Chalukya dynasty. They were found during the excavation of Ajanta and Elephanta. These caves belong to the Hindu deity Jogeshwari. According to historian...
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The Kanheri Caves (Kānherī-guhā [kaːnʱeɾiː ɡuɦaː]) are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments cut into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of the...
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visited by tourists are: Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Bibi Ka Maqbara Daulatabad Hazur Sahib Nanded Udgir Fort Ausa Dharashiv Caves Aundha Nagnath Mahur Kandhar...
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surviving frescoes of the historical period have been preserved in the Ajanta Caves with Cave 10 having some from the 1st century CE, though the larger and more...
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Buddhist caves, Northwestern India (100 CE). Houses, Tiermes, Spain (100 CE) Buddhist caves, Dunhuang, China (400 CE). Buddhist caves, Ajanta, India (480...
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The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 500 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the...
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