Ajanta Caves

Ajanta, Maharashtra, India

India

5th century

Architecture and City Planning

chaityas

shrines

religious structures

Gupta

Indian

paint and mud-plaster applied to Volcanic rock

cave entrance

chaitya window

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 group. The paintings and sculptures of Ajanta, considered masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, have had a considerable artistic influence.

Saif Haq

Saif Haq

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