Saturday, 6 November 2010

The Ajanta Caves - Ancient Temples Carved From Rock

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Two thousand two hundred years ago work began on an extensive series of cave monuments in Maharashtra, India. Over a period of hundreds of years, thirty one monuments were hewn piece by piece from the rock face.

Then, some speculate around the year 1000AD, they fell in to disuse. Dense jungle grew around, hiding the caves away from human eyes.

(thanks Robert-John)

1 comment(s):

Ima said...

Absolutely STUNNING. I was shocked when I scrolled down to the interiors. Sure, we can build skyscrapers now, but look what people did thousands of years ago without machinery.

Amazing.