Ajanta Caves

Cave of the eye is known as the Buddhist cave temples in the beautiful and oldest in the world. The complex is surrounded by mountains. Plateau in the western part of the index. By way of drilling into the rock to the basaltic group (solid granite) were excavated from a rock and a chisel and hammer a huge temple only. Shoot all the time 800 years to break from the third century into a cave for more than 30 caves by the continuous length of several hundred meters on the hillside high crescent-shaped arc. The huge temple is filled with carvings in stone pagoda is the Buddha. It is a different story. In Buddhist history and the Bible everywhere. The decay time is even less. The place is built to the Synod, but to live in solitude, a place, it is less important. Lack of care on religious life and was eventually abandoned. And disappear from the memory of the Indians. It was discovered by British troops. Led by Captain John Smith on 1819.