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INDIA
AJANTA CAVES
The biggest rock-cut cave
monuments in India
Year of Inscription: 1983
阿旃陀⽯窟
Ajanta Caves
(印度 India: 2014)
The Ajanta Caves are rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BC to about 480 AD in
Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India. The cave was excavated on the steep rocky walls of the Waghora
valley, with a total height of 250 feet (about 76 meters), with a total of 500 meters long and consist of 29 caves. The
caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient
Indian art.
The most impressive thing is that all the structures of the Ajanta Caves are carved from the same rock wall.
Therefore every place isconnected, whether it is a stone pillar, a Buddhist altar or a statue.
