What do the paintings of Ajanta depict?
(A) Ramayana
(B) Mahabharata
(C) Jatakas
(D) Panchatantra
Answer: (C) The Ajanta Caves in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra are 30 rock-cut cave monuments that date from the 2nd century BCE to about 500 or 600 CE. The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, with Buddha figures and depictions of the Jataka tales. The caves form the largest corpus of early Indian wall-painting. The site is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India, and since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
