Ajanta Caves

The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments located in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India, dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE [1]. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, they contain paintings and rock-cut sculptures considered among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art [1]. The caves are particularly renowned for expressive paintings that convey emotions through gesture, pose and form, universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art [1].