Question

The rock-cut caves at Ajanta and Verul in Maharashtra were declared as World Heritage in 1987.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

The rock-cut caves at Ajanta and Verul (Ellora) in Maharashtra were declared as World Heritage in 1983. Ellora is located a hundred kilometres from Ajanta and has thirty-two Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jain caves. Ajanta is located in Aurangabad District of Maharashtra State. Ajanta has twenty-nine caves. It has four chaitya caves datable to the earlier phase.