Some of the caves in Ajanta are incomplete. Comprising of 36 caves, Ellora was excavated over a period of 600 years. Caves in the linear arrangement comprise different religious worship centres ...

Cave paintings of India date back to the prehistoric times. The finest examples of these paintings comprise of the murals of Ajanta, Ellora, Bagh, Sittanavasal, etc, which reflect an emphasis on ...

Ajanta Caves date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. The paintings and sculptures of Ajanta are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art. On the other hand, Ellora Caves have 34 monasteries and ...

A painted mural scene from the 'Mahajanaka Jataka' in Ajanta's cave ... sculpture of the shrine in cave 1. The dark-skinned Vajrapani to the Buddha’s left and the light skinned Avalokiteshwara ...

Aurangabad: Bhagwat Karad, the BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Aurangabad, on Tuesday raised the issue of lack of development and infrastructure at the world heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora caves in ...

Maharashtra’s historical Ajanta and Ellora caves will see more Japanese investments ... on the backburner some years ago — may also see light of day.

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...