Ajanta and Ellora are Listed as World Heritage Sites

Ajanta:
It is believed that a band of wandering Buddhist monks, in the 2nd century B.C., came here searching for a place to meditate during the monsoons. This place seemed ideal peaceful and remote from civilization. The setting was a sharp, wide horse shoe shaped spectacular gorge that fell steeply into a stream.They carved crude caves into this rock to form a temple. Over nine centuries the cave temples of ajanta evolved into works of splendid Art.

All the 30 temple caves are intricately decorated with sculptures and murals depicting the many incarnations of Buddha. Caves 1,2,16,17,19 are important and worth seeing.