Rajesh Singh: I have Prof. Hans Bakker with me who is one of the most renowned experts of the history of the Vakatakas. Right now he is ERC curator, that is European Research Commission’s curator at the British Museum. He is more renowned for his work called the Vakataka’s Hindu Iconology that…
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By Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh
Rajesh Kumar Singh: I have with me Prof. N. Yaguchi of University of Kanazawa, Japan who has been working on the Ajanta caves since the last twenty-five years as far as I know. He is a professor of architecture in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. We…
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Walter M Spink
Ajanta. Bagh. Dandin.
Vakataka's Late History
Walter M Spink
Contents
Introduction 1
Dandin as a source 2
Vakataka’s late history: the final years 4
Visruta = Subandhu 6
Bagh and Ajanta 8
The Bagh plate 13
DeCaroli’s analysis 16
Visruta is indeed Subandhu 21
Time chart 28
References 28
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
AJIṆṬHĀ Caves, Part II
Some Aspects OF the ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND in the HARIṢEṆA-PERIOD
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh
Contents
Introductory. 2
Sthānaka or Ṭhāṇā near Ajiṇṭhā.. 5
Mahiṣāsuramardini at Ajiṇṭhā.. 6
Roman gold coin at Ajiṇṭhā.. 6
Sociology under Hariṣeṇa.. 7
Sanskṛit…
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
AJIṆṬHĀ caves, part I
Some aspects of the historical and political background
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AJIṆṬHĀ CAVES, PART I
Some Aspects of the Historical and Political…
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
An introduction to the history and patronage of the Ajanta caves, their architecture, paintings, iconography and textual sources.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
The Ajanta caves: an overview
Rajesh K Singh
Contents
Introduction. 1
Location. 1
Importance. 1
Period. 1
Purpose of the caves. 2
The makers of the caves. 2
The extent of the paintings. 2
The corpus of the paintings. 3
References. 5
Endnotes. 6
Introduction
The Ajanta caves are rock-cut…
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