Sir John William Kaye.Buddhist caves; Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes; there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of this dramatic; crescent-shaped gorge that overlooks the Waghora river in Maharashtra state of western India; Chromolithograph.London: Day and Son; 1867.From: William Simpson; India; ancient and modern: a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories.X108 (29)London; British Library.