Ellora Caves

Ellora Caves�

Ellora is an archaeological site, 30�km (19 mi) from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty . Well-known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 �caves� � actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1�12), 17 Hindu (caves 13�29) and 5 Jain (caves 30�34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history.

The Buddhist caves were built during the 5th-7th century, the Hindu between the middle of sixth century to the end of the eighth century and the Jain caves between the ninth and tenth centuries.

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