Ajanta Cave 26 is a large chaitya-griha dating to the fifth century. It has a big hall with ribbed ceiling and a stupa at one end. The surrounding walls have fine sculptures. Chaitya-griha is a Sanskrit phrase which means “shrine”. …
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Ajanta Cave 2 features beautiful paintings and hand-carved sculptures. The paintings on the ceiling have geometrical and floral designs. Buddhist monks built the cave between 460 and 477 CE. …
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Ajanta Cave 17 is full of paintings depicting Jataka tales. The tales originated in India and narrate stories from Buddha’s previous lives. The paintings are more than 1,500 years old and in a better condition than in other Ajanta caves. …
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Ajanta Cave 1 is one of the finest monasteries of its kind in Ajanta caves. Visitors will come across this cave first. There are 30 caves in Ajanta around a horse-shoe shaped curve in the rocks.
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