alleryIn which state are the Ajanta Caves located?
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
- Karnataka
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Correct answer: B. Maharashtra
The caves are in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.
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In which state are the Ajanta Caves located?Read the answer and worked solution →Ajanta paintings depict pictorial tales from which work by Aryasura?Read the answer and worked solution →At Ajanta, what were the Chaityas used as?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kailash temple at Ellora, the largest monolithic rock excavation, is dedicated to which god?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cave at Ellora holds the Kailash temple?Read the answer and worked solution →Ellora caves 1 to 12 belong to which religion?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ellora caves are excavated from which type of rock?Read the answer and worked solution →Hampi was the capital of which empire from 1336 to 1565?Read the answer and worked solution →Hampi lies near which river?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Hampi conquered and destroyed by a coalition of sultanates?Read the answer and worked solution →Which temple at Hampi remains an active religious centre linked to an Adi Shankara monastery?Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun's Tomb was the first of which structure type on the Indian subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →Who designed Humayun's Tomb together with his son Sayyid Muhammad?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola emperor built the Brihadisvara Temple between 1003 and 1010 CE?Read the answer and worked solution →The Brihadisvara Temple is a Hindu temple of which tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →Which temple forms the Great Living Chola Temples site along with Brihadisvara?Read the answer and worked solution →The vimana tower above the Brihadisvara shrine is built of which stone?Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, is in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the holy pool around the Golden Temple sanctum called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sikh Guru completed the pool at the Golden Temple site in 1577?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Guru placed a copy of the Adi Granth in the Golden Temple in 1604?Read the answer and worked solution →Who rebuilt the Golden Temple in marble and copper in 1809?Read the answer and worked solution →Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple took place in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The four entrances of the Golden Temple symbolise which Sikh belief?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded Fatehpur Sikri as the Mughal capital in 1571?Read the answer and worked solution →Fatehpur Sikri, the City of Victory, was named after which victorious campaign by Akbar?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar began a religious compound at Sikri to honour which Sufi Sheikh who predicted a birth?Read the answer and worked solution →The Elephanta Caves are mainly dedicated to which Hindu god?Read the answer and worked solution →Which colonial power named the Elephanta Caves after finding elephant statues there?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Elephanta sculpture is described as the three-faced Shiva?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Ajanta paintings depict pictorial tales from which work by Aryasura?
- Buddhacarita
- Lalitavistara
- Jatakamala
- Mahavamsa
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Correct answer: C. Jatakamala
The paintings show the Buddha's past lives drawn from Aryasura's Jatakamala.
At Ajanta, what were the Chaityas used as?
- Dining kitchens
- Worship halls
- Monasteries
- Burial chambers
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Correct answer: B. Worship halls
Viharas were monasteries while Chaityas were worship halls.
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