AJANTA

əjŭnˈtə, village, Maharashtra state, W central India, in the Ajanta Hills. The famous Ajanta caves, discovered in 1819, contain remarkable examples of Buddhist art. The caves, carved out of the side of a steep ravine, consist of chapels and monasteries dating from c.200 b.c.–a.d. 650 with magnificent frescoes and sculpture depicting scenes from the life of Buddha.

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books on: Ajanta  - 336 results

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Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture
Book by Sukumar Dutt; George Allen & Unwin, 1962
Subjects: Monasticism And Religious Orders, Buddhist
...on decorative slabs of sculpture. The Ajanta style of painting similarly spread in...though at a long distance, the figures of Ajanta. The poses of the figures and the combination...about their being attempts to imitate the Ajanta style and its distinctive peculiarities...
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Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India
Book by Gregory Schopen; University of Hawaii Press, 1997
Subjects: Buddhism--India--History, Buddhist Antiquities--India, Monastic And Religious Life (Buddhism)--India
...at Sarnath , 85 B b 292 . W. Spink, "Ajanta: A Brief History," Aspects of Indian...Cave II," Appendix to G. Yazdani, Ajanta , Part II: Text Oxford: 1933 Cave II...VI-XVII", Appendix to G. Yazdani , Ajanta , Part III: Text Oxford: 1946 Cave VI...
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The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the Coming of the Muslims
Book by A. L. Basham; Grove Press, 1954
Subjects: India--Civilization, India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D, India--History--To 324 B.C
...and Two Queens. Bronze 376 LXXII. Avalokitesvara-Padmapani. Mural, Ajanta 377 LXXIII. Head of Avalokitesvara, Ajanta 392 LXXIV. The Temptation of the Buddha, Ajanta before 393 LXXV. The Buddha Receiving Alms, Ajanta colour " 393 LXXVI...
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Hellenism in Ancient India
Book by Gauranga Nath Banerjee; Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, 1961
Subjects: Greeks--India, Hellenism, India--Civilization
...which bear a striking resemblance to the Ajanta work. As in other early work much of...Griffiths in The Buddhist Cave-temples of Ajanta , "that paintings on stucco all over...examples almost identical with those of Ajanta in technical details. But as a readily...
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Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road
Book by Sally Hovey Wriggins; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Priests, Buddhist--China--Biography
...being in the innermost one. Fig. 8.2 Ajanta Cave #1, interior shrine door and Buddha. Ajanta, Maharashtra, India. c. late fifth century...Arbor, Michigan. Photo: Walter Spink. The Ajanta Caves were hollowed out of a 250-foot perpendicular...
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Ajanta: Handbuch der Malereien
Journal article by Pramod Chandra; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 127, 2007
Ajanta: Handbuch der Malereien. by Pramod Chandra Ajanta: Handbuch der Malereien, 2: Devotionale und ornamentale...that concentrated exclusively on the narrative painting at Ajanta, reviewed by me earlier in this journal (JAOS 123 2003...
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Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture
Journal article by Lars Fogelin; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects: Buddhism--History, Buddhism--Social aspects, Buddhist shrines--History, Buddhist shrines--Religious aspects, Buddhist shrines--Social aspects, Lamaism, Rites and ceremonies--History, Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects, Ritual
...and Burgess 1880 1988; Nagaraju 1981 Ajanta X c. 80 B.C. Dehejia 1972; Fergusson...Ghosh 1968; Nagaraju 1981; Spink 1991 Ajanta IX c. 65 B.C. Dehejia 1972; Fergusson...1968 Two early Brahmi inscriptions from Ajanta. Epigraphia Indica 37. GIDDENS, A...
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Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma
Journal article by Peter Skilling; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 44, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma (Book)--Book reviews
...to at Amaravati, they are mentioned once each at Ajanta and Nasik. (6) None of their scriptures survive...I am not confident of the interpretation. For Ajanta see ibid., III Ajanta 43 (pp. 368-369). The sentence is not complete...
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Constructing the Guru: Ritual Authority and Architectural Space in Medieval India
Journal article by Tamara I. Sears; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 90, 2008
Subjects: Architecture, Monasteries, Religion, Sacred texts, Society, Theology
...famous Buddhist rock-cut monasteries at Ajanta and Ellora,7 very few Hindu monasteries...such as Cave 17 at the famous site of Ajanta, consisted of an enclosed central courtyard...Mattamayura center at Kadwaha." As at Ajanta, Monastery 45 possessed a central courtyard...
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The Citrasutra of the Visnudharmottara Purana
Journal article by Doris Meth Srinivasan; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Citrasutra of the Visnudharmottara Purana (Book)
...art contemporary to the text (e.g., Ajanta), its date (between the fifth and seventh...dating and the texts contemporaneity with Ajanta; his annotated translation solely of...with the fifth-century paintings at Ajanta. But scholars have found reason to date...
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Hard Shell
Magazine article by Sutherland Lyall; The Architectural Review, Vol. 196, July 1994
Subjects: Ahmedabad, India--Buildings, facilities, etc., Art museums--Design and construction, Reinforced concrete--Usage
...the connections between the geometric plan forms produces a cave-like quality -- visual reminders of the Buddhist caves at Ajanta and Ellora, says Doshi. Like the external ribs, some of these coumns were originally temporary construction supports that...
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Moynihan's Legacy: Great Writer, Lousy Senator
Magazine article by Michael O'Donnell; Washington Monthly, Vol. 42, November 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...we have a soul. And a genteel, middle-class soul at that. Balls." Here he is on the splendor of the sculptures in the Ajanta Caves outside of Mumbai (keeping in mind that he consistently voted to support gay rights): "Nothing in Hellenism, too...
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Elephant Composite
Magazine article by Marla K. Shoemaker; School Arts, Vol. 96, September 1996
Subjects: Animals in art--History, Art--Study and teaching, Elephants--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Indian art--History, Miniature painting--History
...have an auspicious meaning. There are murals showing elephants frolicking in pools of water on the rock-cut monasteries at Ajanta, circa AD 475. Elephants often appear lined up in rows at the base of temple walls, as if supporting the structure. They...
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Tourism and Hospitality Industry in India
Magazine article by S. K. Kuthiala; Journal of Services Research, Vol. 1, April 2001
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hospitality industry, India, Policy making, Strategic planning, Studies, Sustainable development, Tourism
...entered the 21st century, the past and the present coexist, not to mention the well-known destinations of Agras Taj Mahal and Ajanta and Ellora Temple, which are the most important tourist attractions in India. While China welcomed 23 million tourists last...
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Nandalal Bose: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Magazine article by Beth Citron; Artforum International, Vol. 47, November 2008
Subjects: Bose, Nandalal--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions
...realism, instead reviving highlights from Indias traditional art history, especially Mughal miniature paintings and the ancient Ajanta murals, rediscovered in the nineteenth century and considered the apogee of Indic culture. One of Boses most famous works...
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newspaper articles on: Ajanta  - 14 results

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2 for 1 Red-Hot Curry Offer
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), November 9, 1997
...Curry Mahal Upper Richmond Rd. 0181 788 7880. SOUTH WOODFORD - Ajanta Indian Restaurant, George Lane. 0181 989 6986. Excluding...Tandoori, Victoria Rd, Woolston. 01703 432267. SURBITON - Ajanta Balti House Restaurant, Ewell Rd. 0181 399 1262/ 2567. Excluding...
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BLUE SKIES FROM NOW ON; First-Time Buyers Unable to Afford London Property Prices Will Now Be Able to Benefit from Shared-Ownership Schemes and Enjoy New-Build Homes, Says Sara McConnell
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 30, 2006
...building hundreds of riverside apartments in the past decade, Ajanta (020 7091 9400), the marketing arm of Presentation, a social...Paragon development. Lucy Chitty, sales and marketing manager of Ajanta, the associations sales arm, says: "There is a lot of keyworker...
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Pair Uses Their Power for Good
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), June 23, 2009
...Pair Uses Their Power for Good. IT might sound corny, but all Ajanta Willert and Simone Milasas wanted to do was create more happiness...divides her time between Australia and the United States and Ajanta is set to move back to the Coast soon, saying she misses the...
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India's Nehru
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 4, 2005
...know. Still, with these places, you will see a lot. The Ajanta caves you must certainly see their frescoes, paintings on the...the present, and the future. The past you will see in the Ajanta caves. In India, we love the past dearly and this is as it...
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Istanbul, Ephesus & Troy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 4, 2010
...guided tour of the 400-year old deserted Moghul city of Fatehpur Sikri Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Ellora and Ajanta Caves Game drives in the tiger reserve of Ranthambore National Park Discover the amazing beauty of Udaipur and its many royal...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ajanta  - 5 results

 
 
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Ajanta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AJANTA jun t , village, Maharashtra state, W central India, in the Ajanta Hills. The famous Ajanta caves, discovered in 1819, contain remarkable examples of Buddhist art. The caves, carved out of the side of a steep ravine, consist of chapels...
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Indian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...paintings in the rock-cut cave at Ajanta narrate the Buddhas birth as an elephant...age. A famous rock-cut monastery at Ajanta consists of several chaitya halls and...Buddhist paintings are from the caves at Ajanta. Little is known of Hindu wall painting...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...archaeological landmarks; preeminent of these are the Buddhist remains at Sarnath , Sanchi, and Bodh Gaya ; the cave temples at Ajanta , Ellora , and Elephanta ; and the temple sites at Madurai , Thanjavur , Abu, Bhubaneswar , Konarak, and Mahabalipuram . For...
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Gupta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...encompassed much of N India. Ancient Indian culture reached a high point during this period. Gupta paintings adorned the caves of Ajanta , its sculpture embellished the temples of Ellora , and its metaphysical speculations flowered in philosophy and in the study...
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Cave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The caves of the Pyrenees and the Dordogne are famed for their prehistoric paintings (see Paleolithic art ), and those of Ajanta, India, and Dunhuang, China, for their Buddhist frescoes. Among the deepest known caves are Krubera in the nation of Georgia...


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