Ajanta: Ajanta Painting of the Sacred and the Secular |
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5th century Plate Ajanta painting animals antechamber APSARASAS artists attitude Avadana AVALOKITESVARA back wall beautiful Benares Bharhut birds Bodhi tree Bodhisattva BODHISATTVA PADMAPANI Buddh Gaya Buddha Buddhist carved Cave XVII ceiling century BC chaitya chapel classical consort DANCING GIRL Deccan decorative deer depicted detail drawing early 5th century elephant episodes fifth century flowers frieze front corridor Gandhara Gautama Hariti Hariti Shrine Hinayana India inscription ladies late 5th century left wall left-hand wall lotus lake Magadha Mahajanaka Jataka Mahayana Mathura merchant meters middle of 5th mithuna figures monasteries monkey monks Naga King Nanda ogresses ornaments Paithan PALACE SCENE panels pilaster pillars PLAN OF CAVE Prince Raja rear wall reproduced in colour Retinue right-hand corridor right-hand wall royal sacred Satavahana Saudasa sculpture seen Shaddanta Jataka Sibi Jataka Simhala Avadana Sravasti story STUPA style Sutasoma Jataka SYAMA JATAKA technique Vakataka veranda Vidhurapandita Jataka vihara Vishvantara VOTARIES women YAKSHA