UPPSC 2017 General Studies I Solved Paper

Question : 110 of 150

Marks: +1, -0

In which of the following rock cut caves eleven-headed Bodhisattva image is depicted?

Ajanta
Ellora
Kanheri
Karle

Solution:

(c) Cave 41 enshrines an 11-headed image of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the only image of this form of the deity in India.Located within the lush forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali, the Kanheri Caves comprise a large basaltic rock outcrop into which 109 caves have been cut, dating from the

1^{st}

century BCE to the

10^{th}

century CE.

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