The Ajanta caves : artistic wonder of ancient Buddhist India. /

Behl, Benoy K., -1956

The Ajanta caves : artistic wonder of ancient Buddhist India. / text and photographs by Benoy K. Behl ; with additional notes on the Jataka stories by Sangitika Nigam ; foreword by Milo C. Beach. - New York : Harry N. Abrams, c1998. - 256 p. : ill. (some col.), map 31 cm.

Speaks of the Temples of Ajanta which are decorated with hundreds of subtle and beautiful murals depicting scenes from the lives of Buddha and the Buddhist cosmology .The murals were photographed without using artificial lighting and are considered to be a "fascinating glimpse of the wellspring of a deal of Asian Art".The 189 color photographs are complimented by text and series of explantory line drawing and images.

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Gautama, Buddha
Mural painting and decoration, Indic
Mural painting and decoration, Buddhist