Carved in time The Buddhist cave temples near Ajanta in India were cut out of the cliffs above the Waghora River between the second century B.C. and sixth century A.D. Filled with Buddhist-themed ...

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 ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, May 23 (PTI) A painting of a “merchant ship” at Ajanta Cave No. 17, indicating sea trade during the fifth century, inspired the Indian Navy’s traditionally-built ...

Saran also pointed out that cave paintings ... the Ajanta murals relay Buddhist stories in images of supreme elegance and grace. “Unlike the flatter art of much later Indian miniature painting ...