Ajanta turns a basalt escarpment into a Buddhist complex
Ajanta's rock-cut caves were made in separate phases from roughly the second century BCE into the fifth and sixth centuries CE. Monasteries, shrines, sculpture and surviving paintings reveal changing Buddhist practice and major achievements in narrative art.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Ajanta Caves
Maharashtra is formed from bilingual Bombay State
The Bombay Reorganisation Act divided the former Bombay State and established Maharashtra on 1 May 1960. The new state joined Marathi-speaking districts that had previously sat within several colonial provinces and princely-state groupings.
Source: India Code — Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960