The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...

AJANTA, India -- From the top of a cliff in the Sahyadri range of the Western Ghats, India's largest watershed, lush green forests stretch out on all sides, providing a verdant panorama as far as the ...

If the past is another country, as the adage goes, few historical sites typify it as profoundly as the Ajanta Caves in present-day Maharashtra. Not only do the caves signify a high point in the ...

Following incidents of honey-bee attacks on tourists, the forest department has started the process of removing 13 hives from four caves at the world-famous Ajanta Cave complex, an official told PTI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Named after the legendary Indian mariner Kaundinya, who is fabled to have sailed across the Indian Ocean to Southeast Asia, the ...