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Author Spink, Walter

Title Ajanta
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (453 pages)
Series Ajanta: History and Development Ser. ; v. 18/7
Ajanta: History and Development Ser
Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part One Ajanta, Bagh and Dandin (By Walter M. Spink); Chapter 1 Ajanta: An Introduction; Chapter 2 Dandin, Ajanta, Bagh, and the Historicity of the Visrutacarita; Bagh and Ajanta; Appendix I The Development of the Vihara Shrine from Bagh to Ajanta; Appendix II Shortening the "Short Chronology"; Chapter 3 Solstitial Concerns: Ajanta's Vakataka Caitya Halls; Cave 26; Cave 19; Cave 29; Chapter 4 Ajanta; Four Painted Viharas: 1, 2, 16, 17; Ajanta Cave 1; Ajanta Cave 2; Ajanta Cave 16; Ajanta Cave 17; Chapter 5 Comments and Comparisons
Part Two Ajanta's Cells and Cell Doorways (By Walter M. Spink (Text) and Naomichi Yaguchi (Illustrations))Chapter 1 Ajanta and the Trajectory of Vakataka History; Chapter 2 Ajanta's Cells and Cell Doorways; Summary Analysis of Caves 17 and 1; The Basic Door Fitting Modes Found at Ajanta; A Mode 465 through 467; B Mode 468-469; C Mode (470-471); D Mode (473-478); E Mode (478-479); A+ Mode (468-471); Minor Mode-transformations; Cells: Cave by Cave; Cave 1; Cave 2; Cave 4; Cave 5; Cave Lower 6 (Cave 6L); Cave Upper 6 (Cave 6U); Cave 7; Cave 8; Cave 11; Cave 14; Cave 15; Cave 16; Cave 17; Cave 19
Cave 20The Asmaka Caves; Cave 21; Cave 22; Cave 23; Cave 24; Cave 25; Cave 26; Cave 26LW; Cave 26RW; Cave 27; Porch and Shrine Doorways at Ajanta; Cave 15: Shrine Doorway (penetrated 467); Cave 26 Development; Cave 26RW Porch Doorway; Cave 26LW Porch Doorway; Cave 26LW Shrine Doorway; Cave 25 Porch Doorway; Variants of the B Mode; Cave 6L: Shrine Doorway; Cave 11: Porch Doorway; Cave 15: Porch Doorway; Cave 20: Shrine Doorway; Later Porch and Shrine Doorways; Detailed Discussion of Door Fittings in Cave 17; Cell and Fitting Count for the Vakataka Caves at Ajanta; Illustrations
ABCD Mode Door drawingsA: Illustrations for Trajectory (chapter 1); B: Cave plans; C: Cell Door fittings; D: Defining Features and Time Charts; Bibliography; Index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Ajanta Caves (India) -- History
Subject India -- Ajanta Caves
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004321922
9004321926