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.
Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO | |
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Kriteria | Budaya: i, ii, iii, vi |
Nomor identifikasi | 242 |
Pengukuhan | 1983 (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.
Referensi Sunting
- "Ajanta Caves, India: Brief Description, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Retrieved 27 October 2006". dari versi asli tanggal 2008-12-18. Diakses tanggal 2010-03-16.
- Ajanta Caves: Advisory Body Evaluation, UNESCO International Council on Monuments and Sites. 1982. Retrieved 27 October 2006. 2015-02-28 di Wayback Machine., p.2.
Pranala luar Sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Ajanta Caves.
- National Geographic feature 2008-02-04 di Wayback Machine.
- An essay on Ajanta Caves from the online travel magazine travelmag.co.uk (May 10, 2009) 2010-02-23 di Wayback Machine.
- Video of the caves MTDC site 2008-02-28 di Wayback Machine.
- Ajanta Caves in UNESCO List 2008-03-20 di Wayback Machine.
- "Ajanta", Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, World Art Treasures (choose French or English) 2007-09-27 di Wayback Machine.
- Frontline Article On Ajanta Paintings 2008-03-29 di Wayback Machine.
- Photographs of the Ajanta caves-paintings and sculpture, IndiaMonuments.org 2008-03-31 di Wayback Machine.
- Article on Ajanta from the Travel section of the New York Times (November 5, 2006) 2006-11-20 di Wayback Machine.
- photos of the Ajanta caves 2007-03-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Photographs
- Video Travelogue on Ajanta Cave Temples 2020-02-25 di Wayback Machine.
- The Herbert Offen Research Collection of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 2010-01-30 di Wayback Machine.
Koordinat: 20°32′01″N 75°44′59″E / 20.53361°N 75.74972°E