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Description: | Photograph of a general view of Caves 1-15 at Ajanta. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD, a period of time which coincides with the Hinayana and Mahayana phases of Buddhist art. The caves are numbered 1-28 according to their location on the cliff and not chronologically. They consists of monasteries and prayer-halls used by the community of Buddhist monks who resided there. The later caves contain very rich sculptures and paintings which are unparalleled in the history of Indian art. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Sacred Architecture Caves Architecture Rock-Cut Temples | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Gill, Robert | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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