Ajanta Caves

Ajanta Caves
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iii, vi
Reference	242
Inscription	1983 (7t Session)
Coordinates	20°33′09″N 75°42′02″E / 20.552377°N 75.700436°ECoordinates: 20°33′09″N 75°42′02″E / 20.552377°N 75.700436°E
	Location o Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra

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The Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi: अजिंठा लेणी) in Aurangabad destrict o Maharashtra, Indie are aboot 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date frae the 2nt century BCE tae aboot 480 or 650 CE.^[1]

References

↑ The precise nummer varies accordin tae whether or nae some barely stairtit excavations, such as cave 15A, are coontit. The ASI say "In all, total 30 excavations were and there are 16 cave with less efforthewn out of rock which also include an unfinished one", UNESCO and Spink "about 30".

[1] The precise nummer varies accordin tae whether or nae some barely stairtit excavations, such as cave 15A, are coontit. The ASI say "In all, total 30 excavations were and there are 16 cave with less efforthewn out of rock which also include an unfinished one", UNESCO and Spink "about 30".

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v t e Warld Heritage Steids in Indie
North	Humayun's Tomb Keoladeo Naitional Pairk Khajuraho Group o Monuments Muntain Railways o Indie (Kalka-Shimla Railway)¹ Nanda Devi an Valley o Flouers Naitional Pairks Qutub Minar an its Monuments Reid Fort Complex	Flag o Indie
Assam Valley	Kaziranga Naitional Park Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
East	Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Muntain Railways o Indie (Darjeeling Himalayan Railway)¹ Sun Temple at Konark Sundarbans Naitional Pairk
Sooth	Great Livin Chola Temples at Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram an Darasuram Group o Monuments at Hampi Group o Monuments at Mahabalipuram Group o Monuments at Pattadakal Muntain Railways o Indie (Nilgiri Muntain Railway)¹ Wastren Ghats (Except Sahyadri Sub Cluster)
Wast	Hill Forts o Rajasthan Ajanta Caves Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Pairk Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Kirks an convents o Goa Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves Wastren Ghats (Sahyadri Sub Cluster)
Central	Agra Fort Rock Shelters o Bhimbetka Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Fatehpur Sikri Jantar Mantar Taj Mahal
¹ Shared wi ither region/s