Ajanta Guha is a witness to hundreds of artistic specimens of Buddhism
A person who works well with archaeology but has not heard the name of Ajanta Cave will probably not be found. The Ajanta Caves are a thousand-year-old monument of Buddhism in Maharashtra, India. The Ajanta Cave is located at Ajanta, 102 km north of the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra. The cave is thought to have been built between 200 and 600 BC.
The Ajanta Cave was discovered in 1819 through the green wall of the forest. It's like digging out a lot of earthworms and bringing out some of them. John Smith, a British worker and tourist, went hunting tigers in the forest and found the Ajanta Cave. Later, under his leadership, Ajanta Cave, one of the monuments of ancient history, was excavated.
Many traces of Buddhism can be seen in the Ajanta Cave. The Ajanta Cave is also mentioned in the travelogue of the famous Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang. All in all, Ajanta Cave has become a significant archaeological site. The Ajanta Caves, with religious inscriptions, cave paintings, statues and about 30 statues on the walls, bear witness to the artistic patterns of ancient Buddhism.
The temples in the Ajanta Caves have been built by cutting stones from the mountains on the banks of the Waghora River. The temples are divided into two parts; Chaitya and Bihar. The Chaitya is also the abode of the monks; And Bihar is also a place of worship for monks. It is thought that five of the 30 temples were used as chaityas; It is believed that there were about two hundred monks in these temples. The remaining 25 were used as monasteries or places of worship.
The paintings of Ajanta Cave have been made and painted for almost nine hundred years. Then for about eleven hundred years Ajanta Cave seemed to be in exile. And last but not least, when Ajanta was rediscovered two hundred years ago, still intact images were found inside twenty caves of Ajanta. Two hundred years later, six paintings were found intact in Ajanta.
On the walls of the cave are depicted the biography of Gautama Buddha, the biographies of the princes who used to go there for education, various animals and birds and even love scenes between men and women. The pictures are mostly about the story of Jatak. The story of a conch shell born on the wall of cave number 7 There are more like that, Mahajanak Jatak, Shibi Jatak, Champyeya Jatak 7
There are also a number of sculptures, believed to have been described in various texts as the brightest specimens of ancient Indian sculpture. Not only do the images portray a religious aspect, but researchers also suggest that the Greco-Indian culture is at stake.
In 183, Ajanta Cave was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is believed that the Ajanta Cave is the second largest tourist attraction in India after the famous Taj Mahal.
Next to Ajanta is the Ellora Cave, another ancient monument of civilization. Just as the Ajanta Cave was lost to the public eye, so did Ellora. Ellora has always been a tourist hotspot. Ellora is also on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
There are 34 caves in Ellora, all of which are carved out of the hills. The temples of Ellora were used as places of worship for Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. One of the three religions of the world is in Ellora. This image tells us how strong our fear of communal harmony is.
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