Ajanta Caves

Summary

Ajanta Caves is a grotto^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of grotto entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,853 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ajanta Caves is located in Aurangabad district^[3].
• Ajanta Caves is in the country of India^[4].
• Ajanta Caves's image is recorded as Ajanta cave no. 9 2010.jpg^[5].
• Ajanta Caves's image is recorded as Ajanta (63).jpg^[6].
• Ajanta Caves's instance of is recorded as grotto^[7].
• Ajanta Caves's instance of is recorded as artificial cave^[8].
• Ajanta Caves's instance of is recorded as temple^[9].
• Ajanta Caves's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh95005354^[10].
• Ajanta Caves's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11991135w^[11].
• Ajanta Caves's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00953325^[12].
• Ajanta Caves's Commons category is recorded as Ajanta Caves^[13].
• Ajanta Caves's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[14].
• -0200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ajanta Caves^[15].
• Ajanta Caves's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 20.55341667, 'lon': 75.70047222}^[16].
• Ajanta Caves's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_z7^[17].
• Ajanta Caves's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 242^[18].
• Ajanta Caves's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ajanta Caves^[19].
• Ajanta Caves's Commons gallery is recorded as Ajanta Caves^[20].
• Ajanta Caves's page banner is recorded as Ajanta caves (Aurangabad) banner.jpg^[21].
• Ajanta Caves's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX453632^[22].
• Ajanta Caves's facet of is recorded as Buddhist caves in India^[23].
• Ajanta Caves's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[24].
• Ajanta Caves's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Ajanta Caves's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Ajanta Caves's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Geography

Ajanta Caves is in the country of India^[4]. It is located in Aurangabad district^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+8242'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+78676'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include grotto^[7], artificial cave^[8], and temple^[9]. Heritage statuses include World Heritage Site^[30] and Monument of National Importance^[31].

History and Context

-0200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ajanta Caves^[15].

Why It Matters

Ajanta Caves ranks in the top 7% of grotto entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,853 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]