Ajanta Caves; Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India

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Ajanta Caves; Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India
By: Benoy Behl

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Author: Behl, Benoy
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In 1819, a group of British soldiers on a hunting expedition chanced upon the Ajanta caves in a ravine some 200 miles north-east of Bombay. Ranging from the second century BC to the sixth century AD, the breathtaking Buddhist paintings and sculptures found there rank among the world's most important cultural treasures.

Ajanta provides virtually the only evidence remaining of painting styles that first developed in India and then travelled with the spread of Buddhism into the Himalayan regions, and then via the Silk Roads across Central Asia into China, and from there to Japan and Korea.

By using long exposures which pick up only natural light, Benoy K. Behl has captured these works in all their glory and luminosity. The exquisite murals depict the Jatakas (tales of previous incarnations) of Lord Buddha, scenes of princely processions, ladies with their handmaidens, bejewelled animals, ascetics in monasteries and fantastical birds and beasts, all demonstratinga startling degree of sophistication.

Ajanta Caves; Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India, Behl Benoy, Thames & Hudson, Paperback, 2005, 256 Pages, $34.95

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