Surya's chariot crushing a demon (left) and an elephant-rider,
probably
Indra (right), in Cave 19: *"Close
view of sculpture round doorway at right side of verandah of
the small
Buddhist Vihara, Bhaja Caves," a photo by Henry Cousens,
c.1880*
(BL);
also: *"Exterior
view of Buddhist Chaitya Hall (Cave XII), Bhaja Caves, Pune
District"*
[*Cousens 1880b*];
also: *"Close
view of sculpture on right side of back wall of verandah of
the small
Buddhist
Vihara, Bhaja Caves"* [*Cousens
1880c*];
also: *"Group
of dagobas (stupas) from the east, Bhaja Caves, Pune District"*
[*Cousens
1880d*]
Entrance to the rock-cut Buddhist temple (vihara), Cave 12, at Bhaja, Maharashtra, 2nd-1st c. BCE
Source:
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Karla&cd=7219-3282-0138:7219-3282-0137:7219-3282-0139&country=Inde&col=pays
["Karla," section 1 (of 3), page 1, image 3] Note: this is
MISLABELED
by Berger, it is really Bhaja!
(downloaded March 2000)
*A very large photo of the entrance above*
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddy712/30834223/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)
*The same entrance, viewed from the other side*
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhananjay/219712085/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)
A rock-cut worship hall (chaitya) with its stupa
Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999
The chaitya hall at Bhaja-- a closer look
Source:
http://www2m.biglobe.ne.jp/~ZenTech/gaiphoto/p14_india/bhaja/Dscn1996_m.jpg
(downloaded May 2005)
An interior wall at Bhaja, showing niches
Source: Courtesy of Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999
The setting of the Surya and Indra bas-reliefs from Cave 19
Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota,
October
1999
Bhaja-- the carved "rafters" that imitate wooden beam construction
Source:
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Bha&cd=7219-3282-0139&country=Inde&col=pays
[choose "Bhaja" in lower left window, set 1 (of 1), page 2, image
6]
(downloaded March 2000)
An individual sleeping room with rock-cut bed, Bhaja
Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999
Bhaja: a group of stupas in the rain
Source:
http://www2m.biglobe.ne.jp/~ZenTech/gaiphoto/p14_india/bhaja/Dscn2045_rm.jpg
(downloaded May 2005)
The caves in their setting
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevennineteen/240582052/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)
The Bhaja caves seen from afar
Source:
http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/lohagad_old/digital_image_pages/lohagad_trek25.html
(downloaded May 2006)
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