The correct answer is Maharashtra.

• Ajanta is 100 kilometres from the Ellora Caves, which contain Hindu, Jain and Buddhist caves, the last dating from a period similar to Ajanta.
• Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India.

• These Buddhist and Jain caves are ornately carved, yet seem quiet and meditative and exude divine energy and power.
• These are the rock-cut caves of Ajanta nestled in a panoramic gorge, in the form of a gigantic horseshoe.

• Ajanta Caves constitute ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-meter (246 ft) wall of rock.
  • The caves also present paintings depicting the past lives and rebirths of the Buddha, pictorial tales from Aryasura's Jatakamala, and rock-cut sculptures of Buddhist deities.
  • The caves, cut into the face of a mountain, form a horseshoe shape around the Wangorah River.
    • They are an example of one of Indian's unique artistic traditions known as rock-cut temples. Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of the Buddha.
• Ellora (also known as Elura and, in ancient times, as Elapura) is a sacred site in Maharastra, central India.
  • ​The Ellora Caves are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and are celebrated for their Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples and monuments which were carved from the local cliff rock in the 6th to 8th century CE. 
  • Ellora Caves served as lodgings to the travelling Buddhist and Jain monks besides being a site for the trade route.
    • A part of the Hindu and Buddhist Caves were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and the Jain Caves were built by the Yadav dynasty.