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Ajanta Cave No. 1
Documented According to the Ajanta Corpus of Dieter Schlingloff

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The monograph contains 15 Buddhist legends painted on the walls of Ajanta Cave No. 1 in the late

fifth centry CE. All episodes of the stories are arranged in the same way as the painters painted them.
It is a compendium of the ancient paintings systematically documented for the first time with colour

photographs.
The monograph covers 14 of the total 15 narrative paintings of Cave 1. It has at least one photo of

every episode of the narratives. It has systematically arranged material in accordance with the Ajanta

corpus of Dieter Schlingloff.
There is summary of all the 15 legends. The picture descriptions are based on up-to-date research on

each painted episode. There is a concise bibliography of the nearest textual concordance of the

narratives in the Buddhist scriptures.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh has spent nearly fifteen years to study the Ajanta caves in detail. Prior to this,

he has published, produced, or edited 2 monographs, 11 research papers, a CD-Rom, and 5 videos on

Ajanta. The contents of this monograph is meant for academic libraries, educators, students, and

general readers.


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Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh is an art historian. He is an advanced researcher of the Ajanta studies.


Product details

Authors Rajesh Kumar Singh
Publisher Hari Sena Press Private Limited
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 04.05.2017
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous
 
EAN 9788192510774
ISBN 978-81-925107-7-4
Pages 218
Dimensions (packing) 22.1 x 28.6 x 1.9 cm
Weight (packing) 1,085 g
 
Series Photographic Compendium, Ajant > 1
Photographic Compendium, Ajanta Narrative Painting > 1
 

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