Question

The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are related to:
1. Hindu and Buddhist
2. Buddhist and Jain
3. Hindu and Jain
4. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

The Correct Answer is Hindu, Buddhist and Jain.

• The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are Hindu, Buddhist and Jain.

• Ellora, built by Rashtrakutas is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. 
• It is one of the World Heritage Sites. It is well known for its monumental caves. 
• 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu Caves (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain caves (caves 30–34).
• These caves were built in proximity and demonstrate the religious harmony prevalently during this period of Indian history.
• The Kailasha or Kailashanatha temple is the largest of the rock-cut Hindu temples at the Ellora Caves, Maharashtra, India.
• It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments, and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period

• The five Jain caves at Ellora belong to the ninth and tenth centuries.
  • They all belong to the Digambara sect.
• Twelve Buddhist caves were built during the 5th-7th century.
• Most popular of the Buddhist caves is Cave number 10, a Chaitya hall (chandrashala) or 'Vishvakarma cave', popularly known as the Carpenter's Cave. 
• Dashavatara cave (Cave 15) at Ellora depicts the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu.
• There is the Rameshvara Cave (Cave 21) and Dhumar Lena Cave (Cave 29).
• There are total seventeen caves at Ellora that belong Hindu religion. They are numbered from thirteen to twenty-nine and date back to somewhere between 600 AD and 875 AD.