Ellora monastery, (in) Ellora, Maharashtra, IN

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This site is near Ajanta in Maharashtra and famous for extensive sculpture. Construction dates from 550 CE to about 750 CE. Cave 1 is a small monastery, while caves 5, 11, and 12 are large monastic residences. The site includes both Hindu and Jain sculpture.

See D.C. Ahir, Buddhist Sites and Shrines in India: History, Art and Architecture (Delhi: Inian Books Centre, 2003) p.188.
Src: IN
Input by: SG Mar 30 2009

Ellora, India Page
World:India:State of Maharashtra
Latitude 20.0167 Longitude 75.1667
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Ellora.html
Input by: tmciolek Apr 2 2009

"Ellora (Marathi: वेरूळ Vērūḷ) also known as Ellooru, is an archaeological site, 29 km (18 mi) North-West of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Well known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site.[1] Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" – actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history.[2] […]
The Buddhist caves
These caves were built during the 5th-7th century. It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were one of the earliest structures, created between the fifth and eighth centuries, with caves 1-5 in the first phase (400-600) and 6-12 in the later phase (mid 7th-mid 8th), but now it is clear to the modern scholars that some of the Hindu caves (27,29,21,28,19,26,20,17 and 14) precede these caves. The earliest Buddhist cave is Cave 6, followed by 5,2,3,5 (right wing), 4,7,8,10 and 9. Caves 11 and 12 were the last. All the Buddhist caves were constructed between 630-700.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellora_Caves

"World Heritage Sites - Ellora Caves
The Ellora caves, locally known as ‘Verul Leni’ is located on the Aurangabad-Chalisgaon road at a distance of 30 km north-northwest of Aurangabad, the district headquarters. The name Ellora itself inspires everyone as it represents one of the largest rock-hewn monastic-temple complexes in the entire world. Ellora is also world famous for the largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa (Cave 16). […]
[see also Other Monuments Near Ellora: Pitalkhora Caves, Aurangabad Caves]
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_ellora.asp

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 08 Feb 2013

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Ellora monastery, IN.

General location of the Ellora monastery, IN.
Lat 20.0233 Long 75.1758
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=20.0233+75.1758+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Ellora%20monastery,%20IN)&ll=20.0233,75.1758&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Ellora monastery

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • India:State of Maharashtra

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx., Lat 20.0233 Long 75.1758 - based on the visual identification of the widely spread-out site (east of the State Hwy 22) in maps & satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 14 Sep 2012.
  • Approx., Lat 20.026389 Long 75.179167 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellora_Caves

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

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11. Date-early

  • MBM chrono-tag: 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p 0500-32p 0533-66p 0567-99p 0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p - tmciolek 08 Feb 2013
  • 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p 0500-32p 0533-66p 0567-99p 0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p 0700-32p dated-el

12. Date-intermediate

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13. Date-late

  • MBM chrono-tag: 0633-66p 0667-99p 0700-32p - tmciolek 08 Feb 2013

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • historical, archaeological, art historical, inscriptional

16. Additional notes

  • [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

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