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The chaitya facade of Cave 19, Ajanta, north-west Deccan, India. The columned porch, cushion column capitals, and ornate decorative sculpture are typical of Gupta architecture (4-6th century CE). The relief panels show scenes from the life of Buddha.
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Original image by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 20 May 2015 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Mukhopadhyay, S. (2015, May 20). Cave 19, Ajanta, Deccan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3879/
Mukhopadhyay, Sankarshan. "Cave 19, Ajanta, Deccan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 20, 2015. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3879/.
Mukhopadhyay, Sankarshan. "Cave 19, Ajanta, Deccan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 20 May 2015. Web. 08 Mar 2021.
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