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 Ajanta
Caves
in
Maharashtra,
India
are
rock-cut
cave
monuments
dating
from
the
second
century
BCE,
containing
paintings
and
sculpture
considered
to
be
masterpieces
of
both
"Buddhist
religious
art"
and
"universal
pictorial
art".
The
caves
are
located
just
outside
the
village
of
Ajinṭhā
in
Aurangabad
District
in
the
Indian
state
of
Maharashtra.
Since
1983,
the
Ajanta
Caves
have
been
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site. |
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According
to
National
Geographic,
"The
flow
between
faiths
was
such
that
for
hundreds
of
years,
almost
all
Buddhist
temples,
including
the
ones
at
Ajanta,
were
built
under
the
rule
and
patronage
of
Hindu
kings." |
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