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AJANTA
(1st c. BCE and onward) |
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*MAP*
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Section 10, top margin C, right margin a;
just north-northwest of *Aurangabad*,
near *Ellora* |
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A set of beautiful lithographs made from
sketches by James Fergusson in 1838-39 |
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A wide panoramic view of the cavesite |
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The "teaching Buddha" of Cave 16 |
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The standing Buddha of Cave 19 |
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The mysteriousness of Cave 26 |
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The surviving frescoes are delicate, so
not much light is permitted in the caves; photography is thus very difficult |
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This gorgeous Bodhisattva, along with other
frescoes, dates from the 400's |
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A montage of some of the frescoes |
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*BL*
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A search for "ajanta" will produce a remarkable
number of images |
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At about the same period, similar frescoes
were made in the caves of Sigiriya, in central Sri Lanka |
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