- Ellora Caves - Wikipedia
The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar , India It is one of the largest rock-cut cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from AD 600–1000, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain caves [1][2] The complex is a leading example of Indian rock-cut architecture, and several are not strictly "caves" in
- Ellora Caves - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The Ellora Caves are authentic in terms of the forms and designs, materials and substance, and locations and setting of paintings, rock-cut architecture, sculptures, and unfinished temples of three different faiths, i e Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Jainism
- Ellora Caves - World History Encyclopedia
Located in the Sahyadri hills near Aurangabad, Ellora is the most important second-wave site of ancient rock-cut architecture in India In the western face of one hill, composed of volcanic Basalt rock, there are 35 caves and rock-cut temples, largely produced during the reign of the Kalachuri dynasty in the 6th and 7th centuries CE
- Ellora Caves | Ancient Temples, Rock-Cut Architecture, India . . .
Ellora Caves, a series of 34 magnificent rock-cut temples in northwest-central Maharashtra state, western India They are located near the village of Ellora, 19 miles (30 km) northwest of Aurangabad and 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the Ajanta Caves
- Ellora Caves: A Detailed Guide (With Pictures) - TwinsOnToes
Ellora Caves is one of the largest rock-cut cave monuments in the world Located 30 km from Chatrapathi Sambaji Nagar (earlier Aurangabad), Ellora’s UNESCO World Heritage site consists of 34 cave monuments
- Ellora: The pinnacle of rock-cut architecture
Ellora, considered amongst the finest examples of rock-cut architecture, dates back to the Rashtrakuta dynasty, about 1,500 years ago Of the 34 caves, 12 are Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain
- Ellora Caves - Archaeological Survey of India
The name Ellora itself inspires everyone as it represents one of the largest rock-hewn monastic-temple complexes in the entire world Ellora is also world famous for the largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa (Cave 16)
- Ellora Cave Temples
Ellora is a site of outstanding cave temples, datable between c ad 575 and the end of the 9th century, 20 km north of Aurangabad in the Sahyadri Hills, Maharashtra, India
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