Duke of Edinburgh visits Ajanta Caves, India
Feb. 02, 1959 - Duke of Edinburgh in India. Visits Ajanta Caves: Photo shows the Duke of Edinburgh at the Ajanta Caves - which are a series of temples and monasteries dug deep into the rock, carved by Buddhist Monks in the 2nd, Century B.C. and abandoned on the eighth Century A.D. They were for otten for centuries, a home for wild animals and bandits and were rediscovered in 1819 by an officer of the Madras Regiment who was on patrols in the area
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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