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Cave 2, Entrance to Cell at Right Hand End of Porch
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Pencil drawing of the entrance to the cell at the
right hand end of the porch of Cave 2 at Ajanta, from an Album of
26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of
sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves, by Capt.
R. Gill, dated c.1850.The magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are
situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India
and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas),
built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group
was excavated between the second - first centuries BC; then, after
a period of more than six centuries, the excavations restarted
around the fifth century AD, in the Vakataka period. Cave 2 is a
monastery from the late fifth century with profuse sculptural
ornamentation. This drawing depicts the elaborate facade of the
cell at the right hand of the porch. It is supported by two pillars
with delicately carved shaft and fluted capitals. The panels carved
above depict a seated Naga (serpent) king with yaksha (nature
spirits) attendants. The cave is remarkable for its painted
ceilings and for the magnificent wall painting that adorn its
walls.
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Title: Cave 2, Entrance to Cell at Right Hand End of Porch
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Pencil drawing of the entrance to the cell at the
right hand end of the porch of Cave 2 at Ajanta, from an Album of
26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of
sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves, by Capt.
R.
Gill, dated c.
1850.
The magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are
situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India
and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas),
built for the Buddhist community who lived there.
The first group
was excavated between the second - first centuries BC; then, after
a period of more than six centuries, the excavations restarted
around the fifth century AD, in the Vakataka period.
Cave 2 is a
monastery from the late fifth century with profuse sculptural
ornamentation.
This drawing depicts the elaborate facade of the
cell at the right hand of the porch.
It is supported by two pillars
with delicately carved shaft and fluted capitals.
The panels carved
above depict a seated Naga (serpent) king with yaksha (nature
spirits) attendants.
The cave is remarkable for its painted
ceilings and for the magnificent wall painting that adorn its
walls.
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