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Ellora Caves

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India
Date of Inscription: 1983
Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)
Maharashtra State, Aurangabad District, Khulatabad Taluk , Verul Village
N20 01 35 E75 10 45
Ref: 243

Brief Description

These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life. Not only is the Ellora complex a unique artistic creation and a technological exploit but, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.

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