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 Caves: Dating back to the 2nd century ... Feel the spiritual energy resonate in the serene environs of the Buddhist caves, where meditation halls and monasteries whisper tales of ancient ...

India is the birthplace of Buddhism. This is the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha, as well as Lord Buddha attained ...

A painted mural scene from the 'Mahajanaka Jataka' in Ajanta's cave 1, showing King Janaka and his wife Sivali. (Istockphoto) If the past is another country, as the adage goes, few historical ...

The 200th anniversary of Ajanta s rediscovery was the occasion ... It sought to link the past of these magnificent rockcut Buddhist caves near Aurangabad to the 21st century to the future in ...

A painting of a “merchant ship” at Ajanta Cave No. 17, indicating sea trade during the fifth century, inspired the Indian ...

It is indeed a testimony to the Buddhist monastic tradition as reflected in criterion iii. Still, the ensemble and the architecture of meditation monasteries are distinct from Ajanta Caves. Buddhist ...