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		Caves 12, 13, and 15A of this phase are vihāras.
		Caves 19 and 26 have a rather uncommon arrangement made to the central object of worship wherein the stupa is fronted by an image of the Buddha in standing and seated positions respectively.
		Mirashi, V.V. Vakataka inscription in Cave XVI at Ajanta.
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		Ajanta caves are located 99-km away from Aurangabad district in the state of Maharastra.
		Cave number 2, which is one of the better-preserved monasteries with a shrine, shows how sculpture, paintings and architectural elements were used together to enhance the atmosphere of piety and sanctity.
		In cave number 2 Buddhist icons were sculpted according to a set of codified rules that used symbolic hand gestures and motifs such as the wheel, the deer, the throne and sacred Bodhi tree.
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		Entrance to the Ajanta Caves The Ajanta sculptures of the Mahayana Phase establish a formal religious imagery.
		Cave 9, 10, 12 and 15A, are Chaitya Halls of the Hinayana period.
		Cave 14, 15 and 16, are Viharas belonging to the Mahayana Phase.
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		The paintings of cave 10, of the 2nd century B.C., are the oldest surviving paintings of the historical period in India.
		Cave 16 of Ajanta is the earliest of the second period of creative activity, which began in the 5th century.
		To the left of the entrance to the antechamber of the main shrine of the cave is a painting of the Bodhisattva Padmapani, the Bearer of the Lotus.
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		Ajanta caves including the unfinished ones are thirty in number; of which five - 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are 'Chaitya-Grihas' and the rest are 'Sangharamas' or 'Viharas' (monasteries).
		Ajanta caves of the second phase were excavated during the supremacy of the Vakatakas and Guptas.
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		The caves are first mentioned in the writings of the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang who visited India between A.D 629 and 645.
		The caves were "discovered" dramatically during the course of military manouevres being undertaken by British officers in 1819.
		However, the identities of the artists responsible for the execution of the Ajanta caves are unknown.
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	Indian Monument Ajanta caves
		Ajanta is a renowned name in the world of architecture.Amidst a picturesque landscape of Deccan basalt,101 km north of Aurangabad in Maharashtra,there occurs a small hamlet-Ajanta.It has 30 Buddhist rock-cut caves,unique sculptures,carvings and mural paintings.
		The Ajanta caves have been cut into the 200 m-thick Deccan trap basalts.The thickness of individual flow varies from 1.5 m to 30 m.The various types of traps recognised in the caves are: 1.
		A distinct method was followed in the excavation of the caves of Ajanta.The layout was marked on the rock-face and the rock-cutting was started from the top and continued downwards towards the floor.The facade-doorway and the verandah were dug uot first and then the interior portions like the central hall, antechamber an cells were excavated.
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		The caves are by the river Waghora, in the midst of the Sahyadri hills burried by thick forest all around.
		The Ajanta caves are important mainly to see the fine line of transfer of the Hinyana and the Mahayana sect, as for the fact he Hianyana did not worship any god or goddess but they used stupas, and other rock forms to represent Buddha.
		Caves 1,2,3,5,6,8, 14, 15,16 and 17 are Viharas or monasteries, 19 and 26 are prayer halls while caves 20 to 25 were used for residential purposes.
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		Ajanta Ellora Cave monuments are regarded as a world heritage site of India.These cave temples and carved out from the 2nd century BC to 6th century AD.
		The carvings and the murals in the Ajanta depicted the contemporary society of that period.
		The Ajanta caves were divided into several viharas (dwelling halls) and chaitya-grihas (stupa halls), scooped out of the sloping rocks in the fifth century CE.
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		Cave 9, 10, 12 & 15A, are Chaitya Halls of the Hinayana period.
		Cave 14, 15 & 16, are Viharas belonging to the Mahayana Phase.
		Cave 16 is one of the finest monasteries at Ajanta.
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	Tourism-monuments-Ajanta Caves
		The caves are located 100km northeast of Aurangabad, the nearest railhead being 55 km north at Jalgaon city of Maharashtra, India.
		The caves which were found to be continuously used or lived in from 200 BC to about AD650 were rediscovered in 1819, by a group of British soldiers who stumbled upon these cultural treasures overrun by foliage, many of them clogged with debris.
		The 30 rock-cut caves with incomparable beauty, are cut into the steep face of a horseshoe-shaped hillside, silent but for the birdsong from the nearby Waghore River.
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		The Ajanta Caves were discovered accidentally by a British Captain, John Smith in 1819, while on a hunting expedition.
		These 3rd-century caves are fine achievements by Buddhist monks and are considered the finest masterpiece of Buddhist art and architecture.The caves are cut from the volcanic lava of the Deccan and are set in beautiful blooming surroundings.
		The 12 caves to the south are Buddhist, the 17 in the centre dedicated to Hinduism, and the 5 caves to the north are Jain.
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		Ajanta's excavations are adorned with a swirling profusion of multicoloured murals, depicting everything from battlefields to boudoirs, sailing ships to city streets and teeming animal-filled forests to the snow-capped mountains.
		The 30 rock caves of Ajanta are in the shape of a mammoth horse-shoe, nestling in an inner fold of the Sahyadri Hills.
		Ajanta also forms the base of a motif, which was frequently used in the paintings, even in the 19th century Rajput miniature paintings.
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	Ajanta Cave murals -- unmatched expressions of Middle Age art -- ThingsAsian Article
		The caves of Ajanta and Ellora, near the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra, would be the most glaring case in point.
		The clutch of 34 caves that are collectively known as Ellora were built between 5th Century and 10th Century AD over an area of one-and-a-half miles on the gentle slopes of the Chamadari hills.
		Chullasubhadda (Cave 10): Chullasubhadda, the second wife of the king of Varanasi, is eaten with jealousy at all the affection her husband showers on his first wife.
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		The Ajanta and Ellora caves are representative of the flourish and growth of Buddhism in India.
		Ajanta caves are located at a distance of 110 km from Aurangabad City in Maharashtra, and house some 29 splendid caves.
		Caves numbered 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 belongs to Hinayana, the older sect while 1,2, and 16, 17, 19 and 26 belong to the latter, Mahayana sects.
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		The 12 caves to the south are Buddhist, the 17 in the centre dedicated to Hinduism, and the 5 caves to the north represents Jainism.
		Caves 6 and 10 exhibits images from the Buddhist and Hindu faith, under the same roof, the latter dedicated to Vishwakarma, the patron saint of Indian craftsmen.
		The Jain caves are about a mile away from the Kailasa temple, amongst which Cave 32, displays a wonderful shrine with fine carvings of a lotus flower on the roof, and a yakshi on a lion under a mango - tree, while Caves 32 and 34 exhibits grand statues of Parasnath.
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	Geoscientific Studies: Conservation Of Ajanta Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Belonging to the period from 2nd century BC to 6th century AD, the caves at Ajanta are of Buddhist heritage as Buddhism prevailed as the dominant religion then.
		The caves are excavated in a pahoehoe type of basaltic flow exposed in a 76m high semicircular scarp carved out by the Waghur River which descends beyond the last cave in a water fall with seven leaps known as the 'Sat Kund'.
		Seepage of water in the caves is restricted to the outer 2 -3m portion of the caves.
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	Welcome to Ajanta Caves Information Resource
		AJANTA is world's greatest historical monument recognised by UNESCO far near from Jalgaon city of Maharashtra, India.
		There are 30 caves in Ajanta of which 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are chaitya-grihas and the rest are monasteries.
		Most of the paintings in Ajanta are right from 2nd century BC-AD and some of them about the fifth century AD and continued for the next two centuries.
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		The 34 caves at Ellora and the 29 caves at Ajanta, were remained shrouded in obscurity for over a millennium, till John Smith, a British Army Officer, accidentally stumbled upon them while on a hunting expedition in 1819.
		The sculpture in the Buddhist caves accurately convey the nobility, grace and serenity inherent in the Buddha.
		Caves 6 and 10 house images from the Buddhist and Hindu faith, under the same roof, the latter dedicated to Vishwakarma, the patron saint of Indian craftsmen.
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		The caves are cut from the colcanic lava of the Deccan in the forest ravines of the Sahyadri Hills and are set in beautiful sylvan surroundings.
		Cave 9,10, 12, and 15A, are Chaitya Halls of the Hinayana period.
		Cave 26 is a Chaity Hall larger than that of Cave 19, but is otherwise similar in its arrangements and decorative scheme.
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	City Information - Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
		The Ajanta and Ellora caves, about 30 kms from the city, are famous for their paintings and sculptures and the earliest caves date around 200 B.C. Unlike the Ellora caves, which are Buddhist, Hindu and Jain, the Ajanta caves are all Buddhist.
		Cave 11, the Durbar Hall or the Assembly hall with a statue of the Buddha occupying the central place as in the case of idols in Hindu temples and also a number of cells for Buddhist monks.
		Cave 67 is a big cell, with the figure of Avalokiteswara as saviour flanked by two female figures in the verandah.
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		The caves are numbered consecutively from the western side, but their numbers bear no relation to when they were built.
		Caves 9, 10, 19, 26, and 29 are chaityas and were used for worship.
		Cave 26 is a large chaitya hall with a sculpture on one of the walls of a 9m (29 ft) reclining Buddha preparing to enter nirvana.
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		Cave 16 – A Mahayana monastery featuring a beautiful painting of the princess Sundari fainting after learning that her husband (the Buddha's half-brother, Nanda) was going to become a monk.
		Cave 10 – Hinayana prayer hall, thought to be the oldest cave temple at Ajanta, dating to the 2 nd century BC.
		Ajanta Caves – India Travel Log – A first-hand account, with photos, of a visit to the Ajanta caves.
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		Also in the same cave is the scene from the Mahajanaka Jataka, where the queen and her attendants tempt the shipwrecked price with all the art of this world.
		The paintings at Ajanta in Cave 17 depict stories from the Jatakas or tales of the previous incarnations of the Buddha.
		The interior of Cave 19 is profusely carved with pillars, a monolithic carved symbolic stupa and images of Buddha which heralded the introduction of Mahayana phase.
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		The caves are cut from the volcanic lava in the forest ravines of the Sahyadri Hills.
		Cave l, is one of the finest monasteries and the interior paintings here, are among the greatest at Ajanta.
		Most of the caves are replete with paintings depicting events from the life of Lord Buddha as well as tales from the Jataka.
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		The caves including the unfinished ones are thirty in number, of which five (9, 10, 19, 26 and 29) are chaitya-grihas and the rest are sangharamas or viharas (monasteries).
		The caves of the second phase were excavated during the supremacy of the Vakatakas and Guptas.
		At Ajanta, the paintings on the walls, illustrate the events in the life of prince Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism and in the more popular Jataka stories pertaining to Buddha's previous incarnation.
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		The 29 caves were built as secluded retreats of the Buddhist monks, who taught and performed rituals in the Chaityas and Viharas, the ancient seats of learning, and nerve - centres of the Buddhist cultural movement.
		Many of the caves house panels depicting stories from the Jatakas, a rich mine of tales of the several incarnations of the Buddha.
		The Ajanta caves and the treasures they house, are a landmark in the overall development of Buddhism as such.
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