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⛤INFORMATION ABOUT AJANTA CAVES⛥

Answer 1

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Ajanta caves are among the most visited tourist places of India. Ajanta caves are situated in Maharashtra around 40 km away from Jalgaon. There are approximately 30 caves at the site of Ajanta, of which cave number are 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are chaitya-grihas. The rest of the caves have been found to comprise of monasteries. The main aim behind the construction of the Ajanta Caves was to provide a dwelling and praying place for the Buddhist monks.

Answer 2

The Ajanta Cavesare 30 (approximately) rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India. ... According to UNESCO, these are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art that influenced the Indian art that followed.The Ajanta Caves, located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, is one the most famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. The caves have 29 Buddhist cave temples which were built in the 2nd century B.C.The Ellora caves are located in the Indian state of Maharashtra about 29 kilometres (18 miles) northwest from the city ofAurangabad, 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast from Mumbai, and about 100 kilometres (62 miles) west from the Ajanta Caves.All Ellora monuments were built during Hindu dynasties (funding was done by royals, traders and rich of that region), such as the Rashtrakuta dynasty who built some of the Hindu & Buddhist group of caves, and Yadav dynasty who built some of the Jain group of caves.In total, there are nearly 100 caves in the hill range out of which 34 caves are famous and visited by many tourists, out of which Caves 1 to 12 are Buddhist; Caves 13 to 29 are Brahmanical and Caves 30 to 34 are Jaina.

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