state in India. Ajanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, the caves include paintings...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

mainly natural caves and rock-cut chambers. The highest achievements of this time are the caves of Ajanta, Bagh, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave (Tamil Nadu)...

2000. Spink's major contribution was to interpret the Ajanta Caves, a Buddhist complex of caves near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, that was carved between...

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...

tourism region in Marathwada, with attractions including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves. Aurangabad District is located mainly in the Godavari River...

Cave 2 took place in the late 5th century. Caves overview. Entrance. Pillars. Front of the caves. Monumental statues. ASI notice. Cetiya Ajanta Caves...

statue later. Typical large sites such as the Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Karli Caves, and Kanheri Caves contain several viharas. Some included a chaitya...

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...

 500 CE). Varahadeva is also known for a decatory inscription in Cave 16 at Ajanta caves in which he affirms his devotion to the Buddhist faith: "regarding...

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...

in Ajanta and Karla Caves. The Barabar caves greatly influenced the tradition of rock-cut architecture in the Indian subcontinent. Lomas Rishi cave has...

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...

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...

Ajanta Cave Bedse Caves Bhaja Caves Kanheri Caves Karla Caves Pitalkhora Caves Shivneri Caves Michell, 383 Michell, 384 "In Nashik's Buddhist caves complex...

caves and rock-cut chambers. These include the caves of Ajanta, Bagh, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave (Tamil Nadu), Kailasanatha temple in Ellora Caves,...

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...

a decorative motif. Chaitya arch motif in a vihara at Ajanta Entrance to Cave 19, Ajanta Caves, late 5th century, also with four zones using the "chaitya...

famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra are adorned with beautiful paintings depicting Buddha's doctrine, life events and Jakarta stories, the caves were discovered...

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...

Chalukya dynasty. They were found during the excavation of Ajanta and Elephanta. These caves belong to the Hindu deity Jogeshwari. According to historian...

visited by tourists are: Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Bibi Ka Maqbara Daulatabad Hazur Sahib Nanded Udgir Fort Ausa Dharashiv Caves Aundha Nagnath Mahur Kandhar...

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...

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...

Dagoba of Chaitya Cave 26 of the Ajanta Caves. Buddhist "Chaitya Griha" or prayer hall, with a seated Buddha, Cave 26 of the Ajanta Caves. Many foreign ambassadors...

Buddhist caves, Northwestern India (100 CE). Houses, Tiermes, Spain (100 CE) Buddhist caves, Dunhuang, China (400 CE). Buddhist caves, Ajanta, India (480...