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Natural Caves and Rock Shelters ... Columns and ceiling of Ajanta Cave #10, India, painted on a mud plaster in the second century B.C., showing some ...







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... Ellora and Ajanta, and at the former site the tradition extended in later centuries to the Hindus as well. The Jainas also had cave-temples, but theirs were ...
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... Ajanta Caves ??. ... ... 108. Section I I.-India~ Painting, mainty reli~ous : employment of vivid colours.0 Ajanta Caves and Roman Catacombs. The indigenous ...
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These rock caves illustrate the history of Budclhist cave architecture and. I ... caves at Ajanta, the earliest here dating from about 350 B.C.. The.
Sanctuary of Lot at Deir 'Ain 'Abata in Jordan Excavations 1988?2003
somewhat later fifth-century representation at ajanta Cave 17, a cave 'fit for the king' and elaborates the concept of royal control of the oceans. The art.
Through Town and Jungle by Workman - Pahar
Ajanta see CAVE TEMPLE. Ajdabiya Site on the coast of Libya, which is one of several Fatimid settlements of the 10th century AD that were established during ...
BRIDGING THE GULF - Angkor Database
The artificial caves of Ajanta, in a horseshoe curve of hills in the modern State of Maharashtra, about 150 miles north-east of. Bombay, were excavated at ...
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The Buddhist stupas and monu¬ ments on top of a low hill at. Sanchi present a picturesque view from afar. The main stupa was built by Asoka Maurya who.
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the famous Indian cave-temples of Ellora, Ajanta and Elephanta. Of all the ... natural or artificial caves were excavated in the middle of cliffs are apparently.
The Monuments Of Sanchi - Wisdom & Wonders
I. Wall-painting from the Caves of Ajanta, showing the Bodhisattva Padmapani holding a Blue Lotus. (By kind permission of H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad). Page ...
POLITEHNIKA NOVA GORICA - UNG
the Ajanta cave paintings. The similar weapons represented on the Borobodur reliefs are therefore also ultimately derived from Indian prototypes. (5) The ...
History Of The World's Art
are often located in natural or artificial caves high above a valley ground. As an example the famous Kashmir Smast in Northern Pakistan may be cited. (Falk ...
ANNALI - Serval
Although the caves between 158 and 172 are now connected by a long cement suspended walkway, photo- graphs taken before restoration indicate clearly that caves ...