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[8] [20] 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 . [ 21 ]
The Ellora Caves are 29 km (18 mi) from Aurangabad city. They consist of 34 caves built between the 5th and 10th centuries CE under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. They represent the epitome of Indian rock cut architecture. [16] Like the Ajanta Caves, the Ellora Caves are also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of both Buddhist religious art (which depict the Jataka tales) [8] as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka. [9] Kailasha temple at Ellora. Ellora Caves: Ellora is an archaeological site, 30 km (19 mi) built by the Rashtrakuta rulers.
Ajanta or Ajantha is a village in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, on the road between Jalgaon and Aurangabad near the Ajanta Caves. Geography
The Ellora caves are situated in state of Maharashtra about 29 kilometres (18 miles) northwest of the city of Aurangabad, 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast of Mumbai, 235 kilometres (146 miles) from Pune and about 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of the Ajanta Caves, 2.3 kilometres (1.42 miles) from Grishneshwar Temple (India).
The Ajanta range (Marathi: अजिंठा पर्वतरांगा) is a mountain range in the state of Maharashtra in Central India. The range forms northern wall of the Deccan plateau and acts as a watershed between tributaries of the Godavari and Tapi rivers.
The Kailash (IAST: Kailasa) or Kailashanatha (IAST: Kailāśanātha) temple is the largest of the rock-cut Hindu temples at the Ellora Caves in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra of Maharashtra, India. A megalith carved into a cliff face, it is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in the world because of its size, architecture, and ...
Entrance to one of the rock-cut Ajanta Caves. [1]Maharashtra state in India is known for its Famous caves and cliffs. It is said that the varieties found in Maharashtra are wider than the caves and rock-cut architecture found in the rock cut areas of Egypt, Assyria, Persia and Greece.