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AJANTA CAVE BY CAVE HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK SECTION TWO INDIA INDIEN edited by J. BRONKHORST VOLUME 18/5 AJANTA: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT CAVE BY CAVE AJANTA: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME FIVE CAVE BY CAVE BY WALTER M. SPINK LEIDEN•BOSTON 2007 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISSN 0169-9377 ISBN-13:978-90-04-15644-9 ISBN-10:90-04-15644-5 © Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. 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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ...................................................................... ix Chapter One A Preface for Visitors to Ajanta .................. 1 Chapter Two Brief Comments on Ajanta’s History and Artistic Methods ............................................ 4 Chapter Three An Ajanta Miniguide .................................... 7 Chapter Four A Few Relevant Comments Regarding Dating ............................................................ 15 Chapter Five A Detailed Guide to the Ajanta Caves ...... 17 Cave 1 ............................................................ 17 Cave 2 ............................................................ 40 Cave 3 ............................................................ 56 Cave 4 ............................................................ 58 Cave 5 ............................................................ 81 Cave Lower 6 ................................................ 83 Cave Upper 6 ................................................ 98 Cave 7 ............................................................ 113 Cave 8 ............................................................ 127 Cave 9 ............................................................ 131 Cave 9A–9D .................................................. 134 Cave 10 .......................................................... 135 Cave 10A ...................................................... 140 Cave 11............................................................ 141 Cave 12 .......................................................... 161 Cave 12A ...................................................... 168 Cave 13 .......................................................... 169 Cave 14 .......................................................... 170 Cave 15 .......................................................... 171 Cave 15A ...................................................... 178 Cave 16 .......................................................... 179 Cave 16’s Cells: Considerations .................. 199 viii contents Cave 17 .......................................................... 203 Cave 18 .......................................................... 230 Cave 19 .......................................................... 233 Cave 20 .......................................................... 248 Cave 21 .......................................................... 273 Cave 22 .......................................................... 288 Cave 22A ...................................................... 290 Cave 23 .......................................................... 290 Cave 23A ...................................................... 303 Cave 24 .......................................................... 304 Cave 24A ...................................................... 311 Cave 26 Complex ........................................ 311 Cave 28 .......................................................... 342 Cave 29 .......................................................... 344 A Brief Appreciation: Homage to Burgess .............................. 349 Illustrations (Plans and Charts) ................................................ 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 1. India in the Age of the Guptas and Vakatakas Fig. 2. Ajanta: plan of Site Fig. 3. Ajanta: Topographic Survey of Site Fig. 4. Ajanta Cave 1: plan; longitudinal section Fig. 5. Ajanta Cave 2: plan; cross section Excavation progress as of 468 Fig. 6. Ajanta Cave 3: plan Fig. 7. Ajanta Cave 4: plan Fig. 8. Ajanta Cave 5: plan Fig. 9. Ajanta Cave 6: Upper and Lower Fig. 10. Ajanta Cave 7: plan Fig. 11. Ajanta Cave 8: plan Fig. 12. Ajanta Cave 9 façade and transverse section Fig. 13. Ajanta Cave 9 plan and section Ajanta Cave 10 plan and section Fig. 14. Ajanta Cave 11 plan Fig. 15. Ajanta Cave 12 plan and section Fig. 16. Ajanta Cave 13 plan Fig. 17. Ajanta Cave 14 plan Fig. 18. Ajanta Cave 15 plan Fig. 19. Ajanta Cave 16 plan Fig. 20. Ajanta Cave 16 stages of development Fig. 21. Ajanta Cave 17 plan Fig. 22. Ajanta: passage between Caves 17 and 19 Fig. 23. Ajanta Cave 19 plan and longitudinal section Fig. 24. Ajanta Cave 19 façade, transverse section, stupa Fig. 25. Ajanta Cave 20 plan Fig. 26. Ajanta Cave 21 plan Fig. 27. Ajanta Cave 22 plan Ajanta Cave 23A plan Fig. 28. Ajanta Cave 23 plan Fig. 29. Ajanta Cave 24 plan Fig. 30. Ajanta Cave 26 complex with conjectural reconstruction: original plan
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