AJANTA CAVES

  AJANTA CAVES 

                         PLACE:  MAHARASHTRA

     BUILT: 2^ND CENTURY – 6^TH CENTURY

FAMOUS FOR: Fresco paintings, reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings and sculpture in Sri Lanka.

HISTORY: These caves are Buddhist caves which they built in two different phases. The first phase was from the reign of Asoka and the second phase was from the reign of the Gupta period. The cave depicts the paintings and sculptures of that time or era. In these caves, there are 31 rock-cut monuments through which it shows the religious and Buddhism art. In the year 1983, this site has been declared as world heritage by UNESCO.