Ajanta: The Colour & Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography: Part IV

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AJANTA THE COLOUR & MONOCHROME REPRODUCTIONS OF T HE AJANTA FRESCOES BASED ON

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PHOTOGRAPHY WITH AN EXP l.ANATORY TEXT

By G.

YAZDANI, M.A., LI TT.D.,

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EX-DIRECTOR OF ARC HAEOI.OGY, HYDEJ(AfIAD STATE

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AN APPENDIX ON T H E INSCRIPTIONS BY

N. P. CHAKRAVARTI, M.A., PH.D. AOVlSOR ON A RCU .... £OLOGY TO THE GO VER!"MENT 01' INDIA

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B. CH. CHHABRA, M.A., M.O.L., PH.D.

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GOVERNMJ::NT EPIGRAPHISl' FOR INDIA

PART IV CO MPRISING 17 COLOUR AND 65 MONOCHROME PLATES OF CAVES XVI I- XXVII

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COLOUR PLATES BY MESSRS. HENRY STONE & SON, BANBURY TEXT AND COLLOTYPES BY CHARLES BATEY AT T H E UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFOR D

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SUBJECT

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KEY TO THE POSITIONS OF FRESCOES

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a. INTERIOR, VIEW FROM THE

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SOUTH-EAST b. A COLUMN OF THE HALL c. ANOTHER COLUMN WITH THE FIGURE OF A CHAURIBEARER PAINTED THEREON

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PLACE

a. THE DOOR OF THE SHRINE

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DHA WITH ATTENDANTS; IN SIDE THE SHRINE a. THE BODHISATTVA

AVATHE

LOKITESVARA WITH BUDDHIST LIT ANY b. A Y AKSHA WITH A FEMALE ATTENDANT c. THE ROYAL HUNT SCENE, AND THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA (?) .

Outer wall of the veranda, near the left pilaster Left wall of the veranda Do.

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THE WHEEL OF SA¥SARA (?)

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a. THE

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SAME,

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TION b. THE SAME, FURTHER CONTINuATIoN TOWARDS THE RIGHT VII

a. THE HAND OF A GIANT FIG-

Do.

Monochrome

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VIII

Ibid., 56

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c. A YOUNG HERMIT (BODHI-

Opposite the above su bject

a. THE BUDDHA PREACHING TO THE CONGREGATION b. THE SAME, CONTINU ATION TOWARDS THE RIGHT

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Left wall, veranda

b. THE MOTHER AND CHILD BEFORE THE BUDDHA

SATTVA?) WITH A LADY ON THE RIGHT, FIGURE OF THE BUDDHA IN THE OVAL

Grijfiths, 145 (vi ) ; Herringha1ll, IX (II)

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URE HOLDING THE WHEEL; THE WHEEL OF SA¥SARA (?)

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REFERENCE TO COPIES PUBLISHED

Cave XVII

b. THE FIGURE OF THE BUD-

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COLOUR OR MONOCHROME

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SUB JECT

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a. SOME PANELS WIT H FLO RAL

Ceiling of the veranda

DESIGNS 6. FLO RAL DESIGNS OTH ER MOTIFS X

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Above a pillar, lfi front of the doorway

Monochrome

THE SHAJ?-DANTA JAT AKA , OR THE STORY OF THE SIXTUSKED ELE PHA NT

Front corridor, left of the doorway

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a. THE

SAME, THE RAN I FAINTS AT THE SIGH T OF THE TUSKS b. TJ-IE MAHAKAPI JAT AKA, THE SACRED MONKEY PREACHING TO THE RAJA AND HIS ATT END ANT S a-b. THE SHAJ?-DANTA JAT AKA, FOREST SCENES c-e. THE MAHAKAPI JATAKA, SOME EPISODES OF THE STORY

Front corridor, left of the doorway Do.

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Right of the above subject, near the end of the wall

A COU RT SCENE, THE BESTOWAL OF THE ROYAL SWORD (?)

Front corridor, left wall, left of the celldoor

a. A COU RT SCE NE; THE JA-

Front corridor, left wall, above the celldoor Do.

a. THE HA¥ SA JATAKA, OR

THE STORY OF THE GOLDEN GOOSE b. THE SAME JAT AKA, THE FOWLER HAS CAU GHT THE BIRD WIT H ITS MATE

Griffiths, 63 ; Herringhalll,

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Ibid., XXVII (29)

Outline in red (LitllO )

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A PAR TY OF MERCHANTS EATING THE ROAST-BALLS OF THE FLESH OF THE BENEV OLE NT ELE PHA NT; THE HASTI JATAKA b. A RAJA WIT H ATT END ANTS; THE SAME JAT AKA (?)

b. ANO THE R EPISODE OF THE SAME STORY

XVII

Right of the above subject

SACRED MONKEY HEL D IN A BLA NKE T; THE MAHAKAPI JATAKA b. THE ARR IVA L OF THE RAJA AT THE BANK OF THE STR EAM ; THE SAME JAT AKA a.

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Monochrome

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Front corridor, left wall, right of the celldoor Do.

Colour

Griffiths, 6+; Herringhalll, VII (9) Colour and XXVI

(28) Mono.

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SUBJECT

PLACE

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a. APSARASAS(?) WITH MUSI-

On the pilaster between the front and left corridors Do.

CAL INSTRUMENTS b. THE BUDDHA IN TEACHING ATTITUDE

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COLOUR OR MONOCHROM E

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a. THE VISVANTARA JATAKA;

A PALACE SCENE b. THE SAME, CONTINUATION c. ANOTHER SCENE REPRESENTING THREE MAIDS

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a . A PRINCESS, THE

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JATAKA b. JOJAKA RECEIVING THE RANSOM MONEY, THE SAME JATAKA XXI

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PALACE SCENE, SAMEJATAKA b. ANOTHER SCENE c. ANOTHER SCENE d. ANOTHER SCENE a. A PALACE SCENE,

On the wall of the left corridor Do.

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THE

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Herringham , I (r)

Colour

Griffiths, 65 ; Herringham, I (r) and XXIII (25)

Red outline (Litho)

Ibid., XXXV (39) and XXXVIII (46)

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SAMEJATAKA b. A COURT SCENE OF THE SAME STORY

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On the wall of the left corridor, left of the first cell -door Do. Do.

Above the fust celldoor, left corridor Do.

Monochrome

XXIII

VISVANT ARA WITH HIS WIFE DRIVING IN A FOUR-HORSE CHARIOT

Between the second and third cell-doors, left corridor

Colour

Ibid., XXIV (26) XXXVII (42 )

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THE BRAHMAN PRAYING FOR A GIFT FROM VISVANTARA AND MADRY

Between the second and third cell-doors

Monochrome

Ibid., XXXIX (48)

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THE SAME SUBJECT WITH OTHER SCENES

Do.

Colour

Ibid., XXIII (25 )

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THE LAST EPISODE, THE PAYMENT OF RANSOM AND THE RESTORATION OF THE CHILDREN

Between the th ird and fourth cell-doors

XXVII

a . A YAKSHA AND YAKSHIljJ

On the pilaster between the left and back corridors Top of the same pilaster Left wall, back corridor

b. APSARASAS c. A BATTLE SCENE, THE JA-

TAKA NOT IDENTIFIED

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XXVIII THE SAME SUBJECT, CONTINUATION TOWARDS THE RIGHT a. THE STORY OF THE BEXXIX NEVOLENT MONKEY, THE MAHAKAPI JATAKA II. b. A PRINCE RIDING ON A HORSE, THE SUTASOMA JATAKA(?) XXX THE MARCH OF AN ARMY, THESUTASOMAJATAKA (?) XXXI

a. A RIVERINE SCENE, THE

SUTASOMAJATAKA (?) b. THE MARCH OF AN ARMY, DETAIL OF PLo XXX, LOWER PART XXXII a. THE ARRIVAL OF A PRINCE AT AN HERMITAGE, THE SUTASOMAJATAKA b. THE SAME, CONTINUATION XXXIII a. THE LIONESS LICKING THE FEET OF THE RAJA, THE SUTASOMA JATAKA b. A MAN TO BE SLAUGHTERED FOR THE CANNIBAL PRINCE SAUDASA, AND TWO OTHER EPISODES OF THE STORY XXXIV A PALACE SCENE, AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN THE UPPERMOST PANEL OF PLo XXXIII b; THE SUTASOMAJATAKA XXXV a . THE LIONESS PROCEEDING TO THE RAJA'S PALACE THROUGH A BAZAAR; THE SUTASOMA JATAKA b. THE LIONESS IN FRONT OF THE RAJA; THE SAME JATAKA XXXVI a. THE ROYAL KITCHEN, PANTRY, AND THE DINING ROOM, THE SUTASOMA JATAKA b. THE ABHISHEKA SCENE, THE SAME JATAKA

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Left wall, back corridor Left wall, back corridor, left of tbe celldoor Right of the celldoor Back wall, left of tbe first cell-door, back corridor Back wall, left of the cell-door Do.

Back wall, above tbe first cell-door

COLOUR OR MONOCHROME

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Ibid.

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Do. Between tbe first and second cell-doors Right of tbe above scene

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Between tbe first and second cell-doors, upper part of tbe wall, back corridor Right of XXXV a

Fergusson & Burgess (Cave

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Temples of India), Fig. 6o-copied from Mrs. Spie'" s Life in Ancient India

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PLACE

XXXVII a. THE PRINCE SAUDASA PRACTISING THE THROW OF JAVELIN; THE SUTASOMA JATAKA b. THE PRINCE SAUDASA BRANDISHING HIS SWORD AGAINST THE ARMY WHO HAS ATTACKED HIM

Left of the antechamber, back corridor

XXXVIII THE BUDDHA PREACHING IN THE TUSHITA HEAVEN, AND TWO OTHER SCENES

Left wall of the antechamber

Monochrome Do.

XXXIX THE SAME XL

a. A GROUP OF LADIES, THE

XLI

THE SAME

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THE BUDDHA IN DIFFERENT ATTITUDES (MUDRAS)

XLIII

a. AN ELEPHANT-RIDER b. THE GROUP OF MONKS

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PALACE SCENE, IDENTIFIED

a. A

PALACE SCENE, IDENTIFIED

Colour

Do. Monochrome Back wall, left of the shrine-door Colour

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b. CONTINUATION OF THE SAME XLV

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BUDDHA PREACHING IN THE TUSHITA HEAVEN b. THE MOTHER AND CHILD BEFORE THE BUDDHA

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b. A RAJA GOING OUT WITH HIS RETINUE FOR A HUNT, THE SARABHA JATAKA

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Back wall, back corridor, right of the ante- cham ber Do.

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XLVII

THE STORY OF A DUTIFUL ELEPHANT WHO HAD BLIND PARENTS: THE MATl3.IPOSHAKAJATAKA

Between the first and second cell-doors, right of the antechamber

Ibid.

Monochrome

Do.

THE BENEVOLENT STAG SAVES THE LIFE OF THE RAJA, THE SAME JATAKA

Herringham, VI (7); Sistet· Niveditta (Footfalls of Indian History), Plate facing p. I32; Muku/ D ey (My Pilgrimage to Ajanta ) Frontispiece

Colour

Back wall, back corridor, right of the ante-chamber Right of XLV a

XLVI

Idem

Monochrome

Right wall of the ante-chamber Do. Do.

GrifftAs, 54, Herringham, XX (24)

Colour

GrifftAs, Fig. 2 0 ; H erringham, XX (22) and XXI (23)

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XLVIII a. A PALACE SCENE, THE SAME JATAKA b. FEEDING THE DUTIFUL ELEPHANT, THE SAME JATAKA

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Monochrome

Ibid., XX (22) and XXI (23)

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XLIX

o. THE MATSYA JAT AKA , OR

Uppcr part of the: back wall, near Its end, right of the second cell -door Do.

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THE STO RY OF THE FISH WHI CH SAVED THE PEO PLE FRO M A DRO UGH T b. THE SYAMA JAT AKA , OR THE STO RYO F A YOUNG HER MIT (BODHISA TTV A ) WHO HAD BLIND PAR ENT S o . THE MATSYA JAT AKA b. THE HER D OF DEE R, THE M~ IGA JAT AKA ,. ANO THE R SCENE, THE SAME JAT AKA d. A COU RT SCENE, THE SIM HAL A AVADANA o. THE MAH lSHA JAT AKA , OR THE STO RY OF THE BENEV OLE NT BUF FAL O AND THE MlSC HlllV OUS MON KEY 6. THE OGRESSES COM ING OUT FRO M THE ROYAL CHA MBE R, THE SIM HAL A AVADANA c. A YAK SHA , OR A ROYAL GUA RD ROY AL BED ROO M o. THE INFE STE D BY OGRESSES HOV ERIN G VUL TUR ES 6. OVE R THE ROYAL BED ROO M, THE SI¥H ALA AVA DANA THE ROYAL BED ROO M, THE SAME STO RY o. A COU RT SCENE

6. ANO THE R SCE NE; THE

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THE OF CON TIN UAT ION SAME STO RY THE MAR CH OF THE ROYAL ARM Y ; THE SIM HAL A AVA . DANA a. THE MIR ACU LOU S HOR SE WHI CH SAV ED THE LIFE OF SIM HAL A; THE SAME STO RY • . A COU RT SCE NE, THE ARRIVA L OF THE OGRESS WIT H THE CHI LD

Monochrome

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Red outline (L;,ho )

Do. Right corridor

Back corridor, right .011

On pilaster, bmvttn

the right and back

Monochrome

GriJfiVu, 88; Herringham, XLI (s5)

corri dors

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Right corridor, left

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Rigbt corridor, above the first and ~ond cell-doors

Monochrome

Right corridorI be-

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Idem, 69, 76, and 77

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THE MAR CH OF THE ARM Y, THE SIM HAL A A VAD ANA

Between the second and third cell-door s, right corridor

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a. THE ROY AL GUA RDS SALUT ING THE MIR ACU LOU S HOR SE, AND THE ABH I-

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6. THE ARM Y OF OGRESSES; CON TINU ATIO N OF THE BAT TLE -SCE NE THE ISLA ND OF OGRESSES; THE SIM . HAL A AVADANA SIM HAL A AND HIS COM PAN IONS ENJO YIN G THE MSE LVE S ON THE ISLA ND OF OGRESSES a. THE SHIP -WR ECK , THE SIM . HAL A AVAD ANA b. THE ESCAPE OF SIM HAL A, ANO THE R EPIS ODE a. THE ISLA ND OF OGRESSES; THE SIM . HAL A AVAD ANA

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Colour

GrifJiths, 70-3

Monochrome

Ibid. , 7I, 75, and 78, also Text-fig. IQ (p. 9); H erringham, XVI I (I9) and XXX VII (43)

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Between the second and third cell-doors, right corridor

a. THE ARM Y CROSSING THE SEA IN BOATS 6. THE BAT TLE OF SIM HAL A'S ARM Y WIT H OGRESSES a . SI¥H ALA 'S ARM Y, BAT TLE -SCE NE

COL OUR OR MON OCH ROM E

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GrifJiths, 71- 74, also Text fig. 17 (p. II); Herr ingham, XVI I (I9) and XXX VII (43); Fergusson &' Burgess, Fig. 6I (Cave Tem ples of India )

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GrifJiths, 70-7 4, also Text fig . I7 (p. II); Herr ingham, XVI I (19) and XXX VII (43)

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Righ t corridor, between the second and third cell-doors Do.

Righ t corridor, above the door of the fourth cell Do.

Colour

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GrifJiths, 55; Herr ingh am,

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Righ t corridor, between the first and second cell-doors Near the fourth celldoor Below the toilet scene, on the pilaster between the front and right corridors

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6. A M ON AS TE RY SC EN E, TH E JA TA KA NO T ID EN TI FI ED LX VI Il •. A CO UR T SC EN E, MJ3.IGA JA TA KA (I)

LXIX

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6. TH E RAJA RE TU RN IN G W IT H TH E MJ3.IGA (D EE R) , TH E SA ME ST OR Y ,. TH E HU NT ER W HO AT TE M PT ED TO CA TC H TH E SA CR ED DE ER HA D ~USHANDS MI RA CU LO US LY CU T OF F •. TH E ST OR Y OF A BE NE VO LE NT BE AR , TH E JA TA KA

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6. TH E BE NE VO LE NT BE AR SAVES TH E LI FE OF A STAG FR OM TH E HU NT ER W HO M TH E BE AR HUGS BE TW EE N HIS FO RE -L EGS, TH E SA ME ST OR Y ,. A FO RE ST SC EN E, TH E JA TA KA NO T ID EN TI FI ED a. TH E MJ3.lGA JA TA KA , TH E KI TC HE N AN D OT HE R EP ISODES 6. AN OT HE R EP IS OD E OF TH E SAME ST OR Y •. A DE CO RA TI VE PA NE L 6. TW O DW AR FS W IT H MUSI CA L IN ST RU M EN TS (1) c. LI ON AS A DE CO RA TI VE M OT IF d. TH RE E PE A-FOWLS, A DE CO RA TI VE DESIGN

CO l-O UR OR MONOCIIROMF..

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RU' ER EN CE TO CO PI ES J> UB Ll SH ED

Front corridor, right wall

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Monochrome

GriJfith, 80 and 82 j Her·

ring/ul/Il , IV (S) ,XVJ (18 ),

and XXX IX (.7)

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Ibid., 83 j Herringhnm, VI lI (<0)

Ri ght of the cellclOD<

Front corridor, no r the cnd of W"J.U, tow·...rds the right

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Front corridor, between the twO win-

dows, right of me door Do. Do.

Griffirlu, Ta t-fig. 28 (p. '3)

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Between the door and the first window towards the right Do.

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Ibid., 8+-68

The ceiling of the hall On a pillar of the ame-chamber

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The ceiling of the hall

Red outline (L;tho )

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LXXIII a-d. CON TINU ATIO N OF THE ABOVE

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Do. The cciling of the

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LXXV

a. THE FA<;:ADE 6. THE INTE RIO R

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LXXVI a. THE BUDDHA WIT H NAG dS A,' IDG AIY dSW HO ARE BR ING · ING OFFER INGS TO HIM,

The f:l~d c. right Ihe doom~ly

CON SOR T,SCULP TUR E

LXXVII a. THE DOO R •. THE BUD DHA PRE ACH ING TO THE CON GRE GAT ION

Cave XXI

Abov e the third ccl1door, left corridor, the same cave Cave XXIII

•. THE DOO R WIT H INCISED SQU ARE PAT TER NS OF GAN · DHA RA DESIGN

ea,·c XXIV

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Cave XXVI

LXX IX

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FRO NT OF THE CHA ITY A WIT H THE PLIN TH AND STEPS EXP OSE DTO VIEW ;

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Bllrgess, XXXV (Buddhist Cave Temples )

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6. THE HAL L OF THE SAME

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LXXX

THE DEA TH·S CEN E OF TilE BUD DHA , SCU LPT URE

Left aisle, Ca,'e XXV I

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a. THE TEM PTA TI ON OF THE BUD DHA , SCU LPT URE • . THE SCU LPT URE REP RE· SEN TING A YAK STil IY! WIT H A DlRD PER CHE D ON HER H AND , AND A NAG A RAJA AS

Left aisle, Cave XXV1 Cave XXVI1

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In :1 nic.he, left wall, exterior of the cave

LXXVII1 a. THE DOO R WIT H NAG A

DFA RAP ALA S

Burgers, XXX (Buddh ist Ca\'e Temples)

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hrgusson &f Burgess, L (Cave Temples of India )

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