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The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. Ajanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, the caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures, described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive paintings that present emotions through gesture, pose and form.

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Ajanta Caves is a cultural World Heritage site in India, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Ajanta Caves was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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