Ajanta and Ellora are easily among the top five sites for anybody who likes monuments, Hinduism or Buddhism, or any combination of those. In terms of monuments, I’d say that personally, these sites were more interesting than many ancient monuments in Europe—they are certainly better preserved for being the same age. Ajanta is older, the …
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