Ajanta: A Brief History and Guide

abruptly abandoned adjacent Aisle ceilings Ajanta Cave Ajanta region Ajanta's Vakataka phase ambulatory Anxious Consolidation Asmakas Aurangabad Bagh caves beautiful bodhisattvas Buddha panels Buddha shrine Buddhas at left carved Cave 17 Cave 26 complex cave's cells Chaitya Cave chaitya hall Cave completed and dedicated Dasakumaracarita decoration Dedicatory record died in 477 donations donors early Elephant Gate Facade finally finished Forest Garden front wall Hall ceiling Harisena died Harisena's death Hariti Hinayana Cave Hinduism inscription Intrusive Buddha located main Buddha image main hall main image Mathura monk Buddhabhadra Myriad Buddhas nagaraja Nidhi shrinelet original patron painted intrusions painters Parking Area Pavilion Period of Disruption pillars plastered Porch doorway programs rear wall reign repainted in later Rishika ruler Seven Pools shrine antechamber Shrine Buddha image site's so-called Short Chronology sponsored Sravasti stupas and viharas Subandhu terminus ante quem Traikutakas Upendragupta Upendragupta's caves Vajrapani Vakataka caves Varahadeva Varahadeva's vigorous votive worship