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The Monumental Indian Rock-Cut Architecture Of The Ellora Caves And Its Resident Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Temples That Were Declared A World Heritage Site, As Revealed To The World By The English Adventurer John Benjamin Seely In His 1825 Travel Log "The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated at Elora, in the East Indies", Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Color, 1987, 49 Minutes.) #TheWondersOfEllora #JohnBenjaminSeely #JohnSeely #Ellora #ElloraCaves #UNESCOWorldHeritageSites #Maharashtra #IndianStates ##Buddhism #IndianBuddhism #Hinduism #Jainism #Archeology #Religion #CaveArt #ReligiousArt #Temples #CaveTemples #TempleCaves #Art #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD
Ellora, also spelled Elora or Elura, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from the period 600-1000 CE. Cave 16 features the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, the Kailash temple, a chariot-shaped monument dedicated to the god Shiva. The Kailash temple excavation also features sculptures depicting various Hindu deities as well as relief panels summarizing the two major Hindu epics. There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills, 34 of which are open to public. These consist of 17 Hindu (caves 13-29), 12 Buddhist (caves 1-12) and 5 Jain (caves 30-34) caves, each group representing deities and mythologies prevalent in the 1st millennium CE, as well as monasteries of each respective religion. They were built close to one another and illustrate the religious harmony that existed in ancient India. All of the Ellora monuments were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves, and the Yadava dynasty, which constructed a number of the Jain caves. Funding for the construction of the monuments was provided by royals, traders and the wealthy of the region. Although the caves served as temples and a rest stop for pilgrims, the site's location on an ancient South Asian trade route also made it an important commercial centre in the Deccan region. It is 29 kilometres (18 miles) north-west of Aurangabad, and about 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast of Mumbai. Today, the Ellora Caves, along with the nearby Ajanta Caves, are a major tourist attraction in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
John B. Seely, British Colonial Officer in India, Captain in Bombay Native Infantry, and travelogue author (b. c. 1786 - d. c. 1826) was born John Benjamin Seely in St. Pancras, London, England. He gave the first detailed account of Elura caves and temples. Son of Lawyer John Seely and his wife Lucinda, he himself tells, to excuse his poor education, that he went to India very young (in 1804). By 1807 he was a cadet, then served in Nagpur in Maharashtra, India , but the Elura trip began three years later in 1810 when he was stationed in the neighbourhood of Bombay, still a young man not more than 23. Apparently this was more than ten years before the book "The Wonders Of Elora" was published in 1824. Finally he had been the “second in command 1st battalion of the regular brigade of His Highness the Rajah of Nagpore”, then returned to the U.K. in 1821 because of health problems. The preface of the book he signed in Wyke, Dorsetshire in South West England, where he was living on half-pay after 15 years’ active service with his wife since 1913, Maria Dowdeswell, and the first four of their six children. In 1824, returned to India, and was made Captain in 1826 just before his death in India of undisclosed causes. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. Publications: A voice from India, in answer to the Reformers of England. 15+239 p. L. 1824; The Wonders of Elora; or, the Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated Out of a Mountain of Granite, and Extending Upwards of a Mile and a Quarter at Elora, in the East Indies, by the Route of Poona, Ahmed-Nuggur, and Toka, returning by Dowlutabad and Aurangabad; with Some General Observations on the People and Country. 16+599 p. 9 pl. 1824, rev. 2nd ed. L. 1825; The Road Book of India; or East Indian Traveller’s Guide. 12+36+28+27 p. L. 1825; The letters appended to the Elura book indicate several other writings in manuscript form.
The Monumental Indian Rock-Cut Architecture Of The Ellora Caves And Its Resident Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Temples That Were Declared A World Heritage Site, As Revealed To The World By The English Adventurer John Benjamin Seely In His 1825 Travel Log "The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated at Elora, in the East Indies", Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Color, 1987, 49 Minutes.) #TheWondersOfEllora #JohnBenjaminSeely #JohnSeely #Ellora #ElloraCaves #UNESCOWorldHeritageSites #Maharashtra #IndianStates ##Buddhism #IndianBuddhism #Hinduism #Jainism #Archeology #Religion #CaveArt #ReligiousArt #Temples #CaveTemples #TempleCaves #Art #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD
Ellora, also spelled Elora or Elura, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from the period 600-1000 CE. Cave 16 features the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, the Kailash temple, a chariot-shaped monument dedicated to the god Shiva. The Kailash temple excavation also features sculptures depicting various Hindu deities as well as relief panels summarizing the two major Hindu epics. There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills, 34 of which are open to public. These consist of 17 Hindu (caves 13-29), 12 Buddhist (caves 1-12) and 5 Jain (caves 30-34) caves, each group representing deities and mythologies prevalent in the 1st millennium CE, as well as monasteries of each respective religion. They were built close to one another and illustrate the religious harmony that existed in ancient India. All of the Ellora monuments were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves, and the Yadava dynasty, which constructed a number of the Jain caves. Funding for the construction of the monuments was provided by royals, traders and the wealthy of the region. Although the caves served as temples and a rest stop for pilgrims, the site's location on an ancient South Asian trade route also made it an important commercial centre in the Deccan region. It is 29 kilometres (18 miles) north-west of Aurangabad, and about 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast of Mumbai. Today, the Ellora Caves, along with the nearby Ajanta Caves, are a major tourist attraction in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
John B. Seely, British Colonial Officer in India, Captain in Bombay Native Infantry, and travelogue author (b. c. 1786 - d. c. 1826) was born John Benjamin Seely in St. Pancras, London, England. He gave the first detailed account of Elura caves and temples. Son of Lawyer John Seely and his wife Lucinda, he himself tells, to excuse his poor education, that he went to India very young (in 1804). By 1807 he was a cadet, then served in Nagpur in Maharashtra, India , but the Elura trip began three years later in 1810 when he was stationed in the neighbourhood of Bombay, still a young man not more than 23. Apparently this was more than ten years before the book "The Wonders Of Elora" was published in 1824. Finally he had been the “second in command 1st battalion of the regular brigade of His Highness the Rajah of Nagpore”, then returned to the U.K. in 1821 because of health problems. The preface of the book he signed in Wyke, Dorsetshire in South West England, where he was living on half-pay after 15 years’ active service with his wife since 1913, Maria Dowdeswell, and the first four of their six children. In 1824, returned to India, and was made Captain in 1826 just before his death in India of undisclosed causes. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. Publications: A voice from India, in answer to the Reformers of England. 15+239 p. L. 1824; The Wonders of Elora; or, the Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated Out of a Mountain of Granite, and Extending Upwards of a Mile and a Quarter at Elora, in the East Indies, by the Route of Poona, Ahmed-Nuggur, and Toka, returning by Dowlutabad and Aurangabad; with Some General Observations on the People and Country. 16+599 p. 9 pl. 1824, rev. 2nd ed. L. 1825; The Road Book of India; or East Indian Traveller’s Guide. 12+36+28+27 p. L. 1825; The letters appended to the Elura book indicate several other writings in manuscript form.