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Beautifully carved pillars of Ajanta Cave No. 26
2024-09-18
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments, this group consists of 30 caves built over a long period of time, from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century AD, these caves are carved into the cliffs of a majestic mountain at an altitude of 15 to 30 meters above the bed of the Waghur River, surrounded by dense forest, Ajanta is a group of caves built over a long historical period and preserving the heritage of Buddhism, UNESCO declared Ajanta as a World Heritage Site in 1983, interestingly; these caves have also been awarded the title of the first World Heritage Site in India, located on the banks of the Waghur River in Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar), Maharashtra.
