Amazon Quiz: The Ajanta Caves are approximately thirty rock-cut ____cave monuments dating from the second c…

Amazon Quiz: The Ajanta Caves are approximately thirty rock-cut ____cave monuments dating from the second century?

Sikh

Buddhist

Islamic

Hindu

Answer: Buddhist

The Ajanta Caves are approximately thirty rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating back from the second century BCE to around 480 CE in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra in India. The caves the excavated out of a vertical cliff above the left bank of the river Waghora in the hills of Ajanta. The caves the connected to the river by rock-cut staircases.

Ajanta Caves includes all the elements necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value, including the ensemble of these caves in its natural setting, sculptures, paintings, and epigraphs.

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The management of the Ajanta Caves is with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), while the management of the buffer zone comes under stakeholders including the ASI, Forest Department, and Government of Maharashtra through various legislation such as the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (1958) and Rules (1959), Indian Forest Act (1927), and Forest Conservation Act (1980). These regulate any type of activity in prohibited and regulated areas, which extend 100 m and 200 m respectively from the protected site. Implementation of a Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the property is underway.