rock-cut temples
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Ajanta Caves
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
A series of 29 Buddhist cave temples dating from as early as the 2nd century BCE, the Ajanta Caves contain some of the greatest masterpieces of Buddhist art in India.
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Longmen Caves
Stretching for a half-mile along the west bank of a river, this site includes some 1,350 caves and 40 pagodas, filled with thousands of Buddhist statues carved out of the hard limestone cliffs.
