Question

Grade 6 SST HW(24.6.20)
Answer the following questions by referring Chp.1 which is shared already:
1. What kind of a source are rock-cut caves?
2. Name two Budhist pilgrims who left behind travel accounts.​

Answer 1

The Ajanta Caves are approximately 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India.[1][note 1] The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive paintings that present emotions through gesture, pose and form