HERITAGE RECORD · 243

Ellora Caves

埃洛拉石窟群

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life. Not only is the Ellora complex a unique artistic creation and a technological exploit but, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ189616 ↗

Administrative areaQ592942

WikipediaEllora Caves ↗

Chinese Wikipedia埃洛拉石窟 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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