Ajanta Caves.....MAHARASTRA

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The Ajanta Caves (अजिंठा लेणी), Maharashtra, India 29 rock-cut cave monuments date 2nd century BCE. The caves include paintings sculptures considered masterpieces Buddhist religious art ( depict Jataka tales) frescos reminiscent Sigiriya paintings Sri Lanka.The caves built phases starting 200 BCE, group caves built 600 CE. Since 1983, Ajanta Caves UNESCO World Heritage Site. The caves located Indian state Maharashtra, Jalgaon, village Ajinṭā(20°31′56″N 75°44′44″E). Caves 59 kilometers Jalgaon Railway station ( Delhi - Mumbai, Rail line Central railways, India); 104 kilometers Aurangabad (From Ellora Caves 100 Kilometers).The Ajanta Caves carved 2nd century BC horseshoe-shaped cliff Waghora River. They Buddhist monks prayer halls (chaitya grihas) monasteries (viharas) centuries, abruptly abandoned. They fell oblivion rediscovered 1819. On 28 April 1819, British officer Madras Presidency, John Smith, hunting tiger, accidentally discovered entrance cave temples (Cave No. 9) deep tangled undergrowth. Exploring cave, long home birds bats lair , larger, animals <>...</>