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Ajanta Caves

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

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The Ajanta Caves are among the earliest Buddhist cave monuments and date from the second and first centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (fifth and sixth centuries A.D.), additional decorated caves were added to the group.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/308085066

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
20.5525623481, 75.7007458985

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ajanta Caves (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Ajanta Caves (English, modern)

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Place type:
sanctuary (religious center), cave

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Ajanta Caves were enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Ajanta Caves: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/308085066> [accessed: 18 April 2024]

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