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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 ]
Ellora Caves, general map (the rock is depicted as dark green) 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 ...
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 Kailāsa of Ellora and the Chronology of Rāshtrakūta Art". Artibus Asiae. 15 (1– 2): 84– 107. doi:10.2307/3248615. JSTOR 3248615. Michell, George, The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, 1990, Penguin Books, ISBN 0140081445; Lisa Owen (2012). Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora. BRILL.
Buddha statue at Lokuttara Mahavihara in Chauka, Aurangabad Bibi Ka Maqbara. Aurangabad is a historic city in the Maharashtra state of India.The city is a tourist hub, surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara and Panchakki.
Though its sculptures are comparable to Ajanta and Ellora, the caves are much smaller, more decrepit and less visited. Though in the 20th century, a few scholars started looking at these cave temples as a missing link between Ajanta and Ellora and also after an exhaustive study, were compelled to describe it as a " Sensitive remaking of life ...
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Ajanta or Ajantha is a village in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, on the road between Jalgaon and Aurangabad near the Ajanta Caves. Geography
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