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Description: | Ground plan of Cave V at Ajanta from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples 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. They consist of monasteries (viharas) and prayer-halls (chaitya) used by��the community of Buddhist monks who resided there. Cave V is a small unfinished vihara ascribed to the 7th century AD. On the right of the verandah there is a cell. The only standing pillar of the verandah has a square base, an octagonal shaft and a��broad capital. The door-frame is decorated with carvings and figures of divinities standing on makaras. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Burgess, James (1832-1916) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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