Answer» 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.
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