Ajanta in a sentence

Ajanta: the Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography, 4 vols.

Former Congress corporators, including Ashraf Azmi, Sufian Vanu, Mohsin Haider, Asif Zakaria, Virendra Chaudhary, Sheetal Mhatre and Ajanta Yadav held a press conference saying the prescription-less policy is in a dormant state.

A painting of a multitude of sitting Buddhas on the walls of Ajanta, the caves of Maharashtra, India.

Pachisi, which dates back at least to Ajanta and Ellora, where it is first seen in frescoes, and which Akbar played with live pieces at Fatehpur Sikri, coexists with the modern, round-tripped Ludo.

The same is the case with the murals of Ajanta and the Mughal period, and Rajasthani miniature paintings.

According to Spink, the Ajanta Caves appear to have been abandoned by wealthy patrons shortly after the fall of Harishena, in about 480 CE.

Cohen's chapter 2 discusses the history and future of visitors to Ajanta.

Current research indicates that Buddha images in a portable form, made of wood or stone, were introduced, for the first time, at Kanheri, to be followed soon at Ajanta Cave 8 (Dhavalikar, Jadhav, Spink, Singh).

Even the Bodhisattva images of Ajanta are never central objects of worship, but are always shown as attendants of the Buddha in the shrine.

Except for a few Bodhisattva, these are not depicted at Ajanta, where the Buddha remains the dominant figure.

Guide to the Ajanta Paintings, vol. 1; Narrative Wall Paintings (Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt.

Harle, 118–122 History Like the other ancient Buddhist monasteries, Ajanta had a large emphasis on teaching, and was divided into several different caves for living, education and worship, under a central direction.

Images of the Buddha are not found in Buddhist sailagrhas (rock-cut complexes) until the times of the Kanheri (4th–5th century CE) and Ajanta examples (c. 462–478 CE).

Many monks who had finished their first training may have returned to Ajanta during the monsoon season from an itinerant lifestyle.

Studies in the Ajanta Paintings: Identifications and Interpretations (New Delhi: 1987).

That is why most current scholars tend to avoid the terms 'Hinayana' and 'Mahayana' in the context of Ajanta.

The absence of pillared vestibules on the ends suggest that the porch was not excavated in the latest phase of Ajanta when pillared vestibules had become a necessity and norm.

The Art of Ajanta: New Perspectives, 2 vols (New Delhi: Books & Books, 1991).

The frescoes on the ceilings and walls of the Ajanta Caves were painted between c. 200 BC and 600 and are the oldest known frescoes in India.

The paintings varied from large frescoes of Ajanta to the intricate Mughal miniature paintings to the metal embellished works from the Tanjore school.