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ellora caves


states: [india]

category: cultural

year: 1983

location: Maharashtra State, Aurangabad District, Khulatabad Taluk , Verul Village

region: Asia and the Pacific

latitude/longitude: 20.0263900000, 75.1791700000

Ellora Caves

These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life. Not only is the Ellora complex a unique artistic creation and a technological exploit but, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.

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