Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad

Ajanta Caves is located in City Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The caves at Ajanta are excavated out of a vertical cliff above the left bank of the river Waghora in the hills of Ajanta. They are thirty in number, including the unfinished ones, of which five (caves 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29) are chaityagrihas (sanctuary) and the rest, sangharamas or viharas (monastery). 

Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra

Elephanta Caves is locates in Maharshtra. The Elephanta Caves are located in Western India on Elephanta Island otherwise they are known as the Island of Gharapuri, which features two hillocks and separated by a narrow valley.

Taj Mahal, Agra

The Taj Mahal is located on the  bank of the Yamuna River in a vast Mughal garden that encompasses nearly 17 hectares, in the Agra District in Uttar Pradesh. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, Its construction was started in 1632 AD and completed in 1648 AD.

Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur Sikri is located in Agra District in the State of Uttar Pradesh. It is also Known as the “city of victory”, It was constructed between 1571 and 1573. Fatehpur Sikri was the first planned city of the Mughals to be marked by magnificent administrative, residential and religious buildings.

Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh

The 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra.This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It comprises many palaces, such as the Jahangir Palace and the Khas Mahal, built by Shah Jahan and audience halls, such as the Diwan-i-Khas, and two very beautiful mosques.

Sanchi Stupa, Madhya Pradesh

The Great Stupa of Sanchi was founded thousands of years ago by Emperor Ashoka and decorated with some of the best Buddhist artwork in the world.

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

This tomb was  built in 1570, which is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent.  Humayun’s Tomb stands within a complex of 27.04 ha.

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

 Khajuraho was also known as 'Khajurpura' and 'Khajur Vahika' in ancient times. There are a large number of ancient Hindu and Jain temples here. Khajuraho, the city of temples, is famous all over the world for the temples built of bent stones.

Nalanda University, Bihar

The Establishment Of Mahavira Was Formed By The Emperor Kumar Gupta In The Fifth Century A.D. Large Number Of Students Had Come To Study From China, Mongolia, Tibet, Korea And Other Asian Countries. The Level Of Teaching Was Extremely High Here. To Get An Education In Mahavihar One Was Tested By A Teacher

Konark Sun Temple, Odisha

The Sun Temple at Konark is located on the eastern shores of the Indian subcontinent, it is one of the outstanding examples of temple architecture and art as revealed in its conception, scale and proportion, and in the sublime narrative strength of its sculptural embellishment. It is an outstanding testimony to the 13th-century kingdom of Orissa and a monumental example of the personification of divinity.

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