India without Ajanta and Ellora is unimaginable. For they represent the great cultural heritage of this blessed land. Then the question: Where is Ajanta and Ellora? Every time I see the countryside in Marathwada, my mind keeps asking this question as to why this region is lagging behind in development after being Political-Cultural hub of Maharashtra, if not India for at least 1500 years? The only Mahajanpada south of Vindhyas was 'Ashmaka' and it was located between rivers Godavari and Manjara i.e in Ma rathwada. Ashmaka got its name from the rocky countryside of the region. No wonder more than 2600 years later GaDiMa used the same words to discri be Maharashtra as: "Rakat desha, Kankhar desha, Dagadanchya desha" The first empire that placed Maharashtra and for that matter whole southern India on world map was: 'Sathvahana' with their capital at Prathistana i.e Modern Paithan in Aurangabad. After Sathvahans came the 'Vakatakas', basica...
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