INDIA-HISTORY-ARCHAEOLOGY
This photograph taken on December 14, 2025 shows a Buddha sculpture inside a rock-cut hall at the Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra. The Ajanta Caves are about 30 Buddhist cave monuments and temples that date from around the 2nd century BCE to around 480 CE, cut into the dark basalt rock of the Deccan Traps, the remnants of an immense volcanic event some 65 million years ago. The paintings and sculptures at the site are considered masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, according to UNESCO, which gave the caves World Heritage Site status in 1983. (Photo by Peter MARTELL / AFP)
foto Peter Martell
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