Visit the Ellora Caves

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.

Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.

Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.

Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.

Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.

Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Medieval capital explored by bicycle — the Gal Vihara rock Buddhas and the royal palace ruins.