Interior of apsidal worship hall in Cave 19, Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, India

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The Buddhist Caves in Ajanta are approximately 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. The caves house ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-metre (246 ft) wall of rock, with paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.

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