Gua Ajanta
wihara di India
Gua Ajanta (Ajaṇṭā; Devanagari: अजंठा लेणी) di Maharashtra, India, adalah monumen gua berusia abad ke-2 SM, terdiri dari lukisan dan skulptur yang dianggap sebagai karya besar seni religius Buddha.[1][2]
Gua Ajanta | |
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Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO | |
Tipe | Budaya |
Kriteria | i, ii, iii, vi |
Nomor identifikasi | 242 |
Kawasan UNESCO | Asia-Pacific |
Tahun pengukuhan | 1983 (sesi 7) |
Gua ini terletak di luar desa Ajinṭhā, distrik Aurangabad, Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 30' by E. long. 75 deg. 40'). Sejak tahun 1983, Gua Ajanta merupakan Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Ajanta Caves.
- National Geographic feature
- An essay on Ajanta Caves from the online travel magazine travelmag.co.uk (May 10, 2009) Diarsipkan 2010-02-23 di Wayback Machine.
- Video of the caves MTDC site Diarsipkan 2008-02-28 di Wayback Machine.
- Ajanta Caves in UNESCO List
- "Ajanta", Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, World Art Treasures (choose French or English) Diarsipkan 2007-09-27 di Wayback Machine.
- Frontline Article On Ajanta Paintings Diarsipkan 2008-03-29 di Wayback Machine.
- Photographs of the Ajanta caves-paintings and sculpture, IndiaMonuments.org Diarsipkan 2008-03-31 di Wayback Machine.
- Article on Ajanta from the Travel section of the New York Times (November 5, 2006)
- photos of the Ajanta caves Diarsipkan 2007-03-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Photographs[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- Video Travelogue on Ajanta Cave Temples
- The Herbert Offen Research Collection of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Diarsipkan 2010-01-30 di Wayback Machine.