AJANTA is world's greatest historical                         monument recognised by UNESCO located                 just 55kms from Jalgaon city and 105kms from          Aurangabad City of Maharashtra, India. There are 30       caves in Ajanta of which 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are     chaitya-grihas and the rest are monasteries. These caves were discovered in AD 1819 and were built up in the earlier 2nd century BC-AD. Most of the paintings in Ajanta are right from 2nd century BC-AD and some of them about the fifth century AD and continued for the next two centuries. All paintings shows heavy religious influence and centre around Buddha, Bodhisattvas, incidents from the life of Buddha and the Jatakas. The paintings are executed on a ground of mud-plaster in the tempera technique.

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