THE MAGNIFICIENT INDIA

ADITYA RAJ
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CAVES – A SOUVENIR OF ANCIENT INDIA

• CAVES REPRESENT A SPECIAL AURA, ONE OF MYSTERY AND

HISTORY FUSED TOGETHER IN AN ENCHANTING COMBINATION
THAT DRAWS OUT OUR INNER EXPLORERS. INDIA IS BLESSED WITH
SEVERAL CAVES THAT PROMISE DELIGHTFUL TRIPS BY ALL MEANS
AJANTA AND ALLORA CAVES
The Ajanta Caves are approximately 30  Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which  located in the Aurangabad district of 
date from the 2nd century BCE to about Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest
480 CE in Aurangabad district of  rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes
Maharashtra state of India.The caves in the world, featuring Hindu, Buddhist and 
include paintings and rock-cut sculptures Jain monume-nts, and artwork, dating from
described as among the finest surviving the 600–1000 CE period. Cave 16, in
examples of ancient Indian art, particular, features the largest single
particularly expressive paintings that monolithic rock excavation in the world, the 
present emotions through gesture, pose Kailash temple, a chariot shaped monument
and form. dedicated to Lord Shiva.
 ELEPHANTA CAVES
• ELEPHANTA CAVES ARE A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND A
COLLECTION OF CAVE TEMPLES PREDOMINANTLY DEDICATED TO
THE HINDU GOD SHIVA.

• THE ISLAND, ABOUT 2 KILOMETRES WEST OF THE 

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT, CONSISTS OF FIVE HINDU CAVES AND
A FEW BUDDHIST STUPA MOUNDS THAT DATE BACK TO THE 2ND
CENTURY BCE, AS WELL AS A SMALL GROUP OF TWO BUDDHIST
CAVES WITH WATER TANKS.

• THE ELEPHANTA CAVES CONTAIN ROCK CUT STONE SCULPTURES

THAT SHOW SYNCRETISM OF HINDU AND BUDDHIST IDEAS AND
ICONOGRAPHY. THE CAVES ARE HEWN FROM SOLID BASALT ROCK.
BADAMI CAVES
• THE 
CAVE TEMPLES AT BADAMI, IN NORTHERN KARNA
TAKA
, ARE A POPULAR SIDE TRIP FROM HAMPI. THE
FOUR MAIN ONES DATE BACK TO THE 6TH
CENTURY, DURING THE REIGN OF THE CHALUKYA
EMPIRE. THEY'RE OPEN DAILY FROM DAWN UNTIL
DUSK. ONE CAVE IS DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA,
TWO TO LORD VISHNU, AND THE REMAINING
SMALLER ONE IS A JAIN CAVE TEMPLE.
 BHIMBETKA CAVES
• ONE OF INDIA'S LITTLE-KNOWN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
, THE FASCINATING BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS WERE
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT IN 1957. THESE ROCK SHELTERS, OF
WHICH THERE ARE MORE THAN 700, ARE SECLUDED IN DENSE
FOREST AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE VINDHYA MOUNTAINS ABOUT
AN HOUR FROM BHOPAL IN MADHYA PRADESH.WHAT'S REALLY
REMARKABLE IS THAT THEY DATE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
PALEOLITHIC AGE AND MANY HAVE TRIBAL ROCK PAINTINGS ON
THEM.
KAILASH AND KOTUMSAR CAVES
• THE KAILASH AND KOTUMSAR CAVES, IN THE
BASTAR REGION OF CHHATTISGARH, ARE ALSO
AMONG THE LONGEST IN INDIA AND ASIA. THESE
LIMESTONE CAVES EXTEND DEEP UNDERGROUND
INSIDE KANGER VALLY NATIONAL PARK, ABOUT AN
HOUR FROM JAGDALPUR. KOTUMSAR CAVE IS THE
LARGER OF THE TWO. ENTRY TO THE CAVES IS
REGULATED BY THE FOREST DEPARTMENT BECAUSE
THEY'RE NARROW, SLIPPERY AND DARK INSIDE. 
 ACKNOWLEDEMENT

• I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ABHISHEK SIR ,OUR CHEMISTRY TEACHER, FOR GIVING SUCH A WONDERFUL
IDEA TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT INDIA . I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY ACKNOWLEGMENT TO OUR
SCHOOL, THEIR TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST OUR PRINCIPAL
MADAM.
SOURCES

• WIKIPEDIA
• WHC.UNESCO.ORG
• WWW.TRIPSAVY.COM
• ARCHAELOGICAL BOOKS FROM LIBRARY
• HISTORY AND MAGAZINE.
THANK YOU

ART INTEGRATED PROJECT BY ADITYA RAJ