UNESCO · 1983Ajanta Caves
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district
Thirty rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments with paintings and sculptures spanning nearly nine centuries of Indian art.
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Maharashtra is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from Ajanta’s painted caves and Ellora’s Kailasa temple to Mumbai’s Gothic and Art Deco skylines, the Sahyadri biodiversity of the Western Ghats, and the Maratha hill-fort landscapes. Explore each inscription below.
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The Ajanta Caves lay hidden beneath dense forest for nearly 1,300 years before being rediscovered by accident during a tiger hunt in 1819.
