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Ellora through time

Now Ellora, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra

UNESCO World Heritage Site

  1. Theme 9 · 5th century BCE to 13th century CE

    Buddhism and Jainism: later development and decline

    34 caves: 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu, 5 Jain; cave 10 the Vishvakarma chaitya; caves 30 to 34 Jain, with the Indra Sabha, cave 32

  2. Theme 12d · 543 to 1200 CE; the Hoysalas and Yadavas to 1346

    The Deccan: Chalukyas to Yadavas

    The Kailasanatha, Cave 16, under Krishna I; the Jain caves 30 to 34, Cave 32 the Indra Sabha; UNESCO

  3. Theme 12a · 550 to 1200 CE

    Understanding early medieval India

    The Kailasanatha, Cave 16, carved top down from one cliff under the Rashtrakuta Krishna I, about 756 to 773 CE; 200,000 tonnes removed