1-625-544 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Dus Awtar, Caves of Ellora', India, early 19th century. The village of Ellora is famous for its complex of cave temples. 34 Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples and monasteries were cut out of the vertical rock of the Charanandri hills between the 5th and 10th centuries. The Buddhist caves were the earliest structures, created between the 5th and 7th centuries.