Ellora Caves
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The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from AD 600–1000, including Hindu, Buddhist,
Ellora Cave No. 10
Caves 11 (above) and 12 are three-storey monasteries cut out of a rock, with Vajrayana iconography inside.
Numerous tantric Buddhist goddesses are carved in Cave 12.
The Carpenter's cave (Buddhist Cave 10)
Rashtrakuta Empire
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The Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal Indian polity ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper pl
Ellora Caves
…were built close to one another and illustrate the religious harmony that existed in ancient India. All of the Ellora monuments were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty (r. 753-982 AD), which constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves, and the Yadava dynasty (c. 1187–1317), which constructed a number of the Jain…
Trimurti statue in Elephanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A sketch and a photo of the Elephanta Caves in 19th century.
Samuel Bourne, "Figures on the Linga Chapel. Elephanta," 1863-1869, photograph mounted on cardboard sheet, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Parshvanatha, Ellora Caves UNESCO World Heritage Site