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King Mahajanaka listening to Queen Vivali, Ajanta cave fresco, India, 1st-5th century AD. The caves at Ajanta in the state of Mararashtra in western India were discovered in 1817. They were used as dwellings and meeting halls by Buddhist people from 200 BC until the 7th century AD. Most of the cave walls are decorated with murals, which represent the main known evidence of pre-Hindu Indian pictorial art.