Ajanta, like Ellora, is near Aurangabad, which is near Mumbai. It is mostly noted for its old paintings, and you are not allowed to use flash to photograph the ones inside the caves.

These Buddhist caves are from 200 BC to 650 AD, older than the Ellora caves. They were probably abandoned as Hinduism rose and Buddhism declined. Local people avoided the caves because of tigers, and they became overgrown (thus preserving the paintings) until 1819, when a party of British military men hunting tigers discovered them. There are 29 caves in a horseshoe shape.