These caves with beautiful examples of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art and architecture were discovered by John Smith, a British army officer, who accidentally stumbled upon them while on a hunting ...

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 ...

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 sides, providing a verdant panorama as far as the ...

Cut from a sheer cliff face nearly a thousand years ago, India's Ajanta Caves are home to sacred Buddhist spaces adorned with vibrant works of ancient art. Carved in timeThe Buddhist cave temples near ...

Ajanta & Ellora Caves constructed 2nd Century BCE - 10th Century CE in Maharashtra. Ajanta: Buddhist monuments & ancient paintings; Ellora: Multi-faith, advanced structures. Both UNESCO sites since ...

The Ellora and Ajanta caves usually are spoken about together but there’s so much grandiosity and magnificence in each one of them that it’s best to talk about them separately. They’re both located ...

After John Smith’s accidental rediscovery of the Ajanta caves while on that game-changing tiger hunt, news spread fast among not just the colonial Europeans in India, but across the seas in Britain as ...

“The flesh tones of the prince are pale and silvery. The queen is nearly black. In the general colouring, sober reds and some vivid pale blues and good bluish greens are introduced among greys, browns ...