| #4118148 in Books | 2009-07-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.60 x.40 x8.50l,.44 | File type: PDF | 112 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| OK on-site guide|By Larry N. Stout|The little book begins nicely by providing interesting context, but lapses quickly into cave-by-cave, preponderantly verbal descriptions that rehearse convoluted Buddhist myths. In essence, it is valuable only as an on-site guide, to tell you what you're looking at in each cave. A rather voluminous and daunting lexicon of Indian Buddhist ter|About the Author||A.P. Jamkhedkar is currently Director, K.J. Somaiya Centre for South & South East Asian Studies, Mumbai. Earlier he also served as Director of State Archaeology and Museums, Maharashtra.|
Situated about 106 kilometers from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Ajanta rock cut caves are creations of about 700 years, roughly from 200 BC to AD 525. This glorious Buddhist art of the Deccan was discovered in 1819, and given a World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1983. The most striking characteristic of Ajanta art is that architecture, sculpture and painting--the three expressions of fine art--all articulate at one place. Ajanta paintings give us graphic insights into the ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Ajanta (Monumental Legacy) | A.P. Jamkhedkar. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
