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f.6 Cave temple, Ellora.
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Wash and watercolour drawing of a cave temple at
Ellora, from an Album of 83 drawings; 80 of landscapes and
antiquities in the northem Deccan, 2 portraits and 1 flower study
made during a tour chiefly to Ellora, Rauza, Daulatabad, Aurangabad
and Ajanta. September to November 1849. Although the artist is
unidentified, these drawings are of some interest since they show
the state of the Ajanta and Ellora Caves soon after the Royal
Asiatic Society had brought them to the Company's notice in 1844.
Robert Gill had been deputed to make a record of Ajanta in 1846 and
was presumably on the spot when these sketches were made.The
spectacular site of Ellora, in Maharashtra, is famous for its
series of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples excavated into the
rocky façade of a cliff of basalt along more than 2 km. The works
were done under the patronage of the Kalachuri, the Chalukya and
the Rashtrakuta dynasties between the sixth and the ninth
centuries. The southernmost group consists of twelve Buddhist
caves; seventeen Hindu caves are situated in the middle of the
site, including the grandiose Kailasanath Temple which marks the
climax of the artistic and architectural achievement at Ellora;
five Jain caves are excavated north of the site. The caves are
remarkable for the artistic quality of the sculptures that adorn
them.
Title: f.6 Cave temple, Ellora.
Description:
Wash and watercolour drawing of a cave temple at
Ellora, from an Album of 83 drawings; 80 of landscapes and
antiquities in the northem Deccan, 2 portraits and 1 flower study
made during a tour chiefly to Ellora, Rauza, Daulatabad, Aurangabad
and Ajanta.
September to November 1849.
Although the artist is
unidentified, these drawings are of some interest since they show
the state of the Ajanta and Ellora Caves soon after the Royal
Asiatic Society had brought them to the Company's notice in 1844.
Robert Gill had been deputed to make a record of Ajanta in 1846 and
was presumably on the spot when these sketches were made.
The
spectacular site of Ellora, in Maharashtra, is famous for its
series of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples excavated into the
rocky façade of a cliff of basalt along more than 2 km.
The works
were done under the patronage of the Kalachuri, the Chalukya and
the Rashtrakuta dynasties between the sixth and the ninth
centuries.
The southernmost group consists of twelve Buddhist
caves; seventeen Hindu caves are situated in the middle of the
site, including the grandiose Kailasanath Temple which marks the
climax of the artistic and architectural achievement at Ellora;
five Jain caves are excavated north of the site.
The caves are
remarkable for the artistic quality of the sculptures that adorn
them.
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