The Ajanta Caves were built in:-

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(c) 200 BCE to 700 BCE — Ajanta caves was made between 250BC and 650 AD. These caves are a series of rock-cut caves in the Sahyadri mountain range (Western Ghats) near the Waghora river near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. It has a total of 29 caves (all Buddhist) out of which 25 are used as Viharas while 4 are used as Chaityas or prayer halls. Information about Ajanta caves is founds in the tranvelogues of Chinese Buddhist travelers Fa-hien and Hiven Tsang. These caves were declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1983.

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(A) 500BCE to 1800 BCE

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(B) 500 BCE to 1000 BCE

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(D) 300 CE to 1000 CE

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