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How many kilometers is Ajanta from the city of Aurangabad (Maharashtra) in the western part of India?
a) 20      

b) 30                                      

c) 90      

d) 100

d

On the banks of which river some strange caves have been made by hollowing out the common rocks?
a) River Waghora                             

b) Narmada
c) Godavari                                          

d) Krishna

a

When were the caves adorned with human images dug in the caves of Ajanta?
a) 
300 to 350                                       

b) 400 to 430
c) 465 to 500                                       

d) 1100 to 1130

c

Which sect of Buddhism belonged to the period when excavations of Ajanta caves yielded caves adorned with human images?
a) Theravada                                      

b) Mahayana
c) Haimavata                                      

d) Sarvāstivāda

b

Most of the 29 caves at Ajanta were built under the patronage of which king of Wakataka?
a) Sarvasena                                       

b) Vindhyasena
c) Harishena                                       

d) Pravasena II

c

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