1. Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra. Ajanta is where the mind’s stillness met the flow of creativity. The rishis who meditated here were surrounded by murals depicting stories of life, suffering ...

Ajanta Caves includes all the elements necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value, including the ensemble of these caves in its natural setting, sculptures, paintings, and epigraphs. It is ...

AJANTA, India -- From the top of a cliff in the Sahyadri range of the Western Ghats, India's largest watershed, lush green forests stretch out on all ...

Object Details Artist Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876-1950) Label Yoshida visited the caves at Ajanta in the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, where Buddhist monasteries and temples were carved into ...

No. 3 Cave Temple in Ellora National Museum of Asian Art. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. ... The artist excelled at representing the effects of ...

The period of Ajanta as a thriving religious and artistic center appears to coincide with the reign of Harishena, who died in 478. By the seventh century, the monastery began to empty, the caves ...