ABOUT AJANTA CAVES (2nd Cen BC to 7th Cen AD)
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were first
mentioned by Chinese pilgrim Huen Tsang - visited India between 629 - 645 AD.
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discovered
by the British officers
while hunting a tiger in 1819 AD.
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thirty cave
temples at Ajanta are set into the rocky sides of a crescent shaped gorge in
the Inhyadri hills of the Sahyadri ranges.
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5 caves are Chaitya-grihas, & rest are Viharas(monasteries)
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caves
depict a large number of incidents from the life of the Buddha (Jataka Tales).
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