Ancient Places – Asia

The Ajanta caves in India. Source: mukulbanerjee / Adobe Stock

3 March, 2022 - 00:59 ancient-origins

The Wondrous Buddhist Rock-Cut Architecture of the Ajanta Caves

It was in 1819 when John Smith, a British army officer in pursuit of a tiger came across a cave near Ajanta village in India. More than thirty caves carved inside the rock of the mountainside and...