AJANTA, India -- From the top of a cliff in the Sahyadri range of the Western Ghats, India's largest watershed, lush green forests stretch out on all sides, providing a verdant panorama as far as the eye can see. In the middle stand the Ajanta Caves, a jaw-dropping set of 30 Buddhist caves on the banks of the Waghur River, 400 kilometers east of Mumbai.
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The vanishing splendor of India's Ajanta Caves
Human intervention and climate change threaten 2,000-year-old Buddhist monument
A panoramic view of the Ajanta Caves, a series of Buddhist caves dating back to the second century B.C. in western India's Maharashtra state. (Photo by Anita Rao Kashi)
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