When In Europe People Lived In Caves, In India We Decorate Them

When most of Europe lived in Caves, in India they turned them into Unique Works of Art that are still admired today. 

Ajanta Caves are located in Maharashtra, India and are World Famous for their Unique and Exquisite Works. They were created in the 2nd century BC and are a Living Example of his Masonry of the Past. 

There are a total of 30 Caves, carved into The Ravine Rocks and each of them is A Unique Masterpiece of Visual and Sculptural Art. 

Each Cave has a Different Architecture and Painting. 

Thousands of Travelers travel to the Maharashtra every year to explore These Magnificent World Heritage Sites.

The Ajanta Caves are mentioned in the Memoirs of Several Medieval-Era Chinese Buddhist Travelers to India and by a Mughal-Era Official of Akbar Era in the early 17th Century. 

They were covered by Jungle until accidentally "Discovered" and brought to Western Attention in 1819 by a colonial British Officer Captain John Smith on a Tiger-Hunting Party. 

The Caves are in The Rocky Northern Wall of the U-Shaped Gorge of The River Waghur, in the Deccan Plateau. 

Within the Gorge are a number of Waterfalls, audible from outside The Caves when the River is high.

Ajanta is one of The Major Tourist Attractions of Maharashtra. It is about 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from Fardapur, 59 kilometres (37 miles) from the City of Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 104 kilometres (65 miles) from the city of Aurangabad and 350 kilometres (220 miles) east-northeast of Mumbai. 

Ajanta is 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Ellora Caves, which contain Hindu, Jain and Buddhist Caves, The Last Dating from a period similar to Ajanta. The Ajanta style is also found in the Ellora Caves and other Sites such as the Elephanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves and The Cave Temples of Karnataka.

Ellora Caves - Indian Rock-Cut Architecture

 The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Caves at Ellora were chiseled between the 4th and the 9th centuries. Ellora, considered amongst the finest examples of rock-cut architecture, dates back to the Rashtrakuta Dynasty, about 1,500 years ago. Of the 34 caves, 12 are Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain. Maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), The Ellora Caves were declared a World Heritage Site in 1983.