Murals of Ajanta Cave

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by Jean-Pierre DalbÃ©ra
published on 27 October 2015

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Murals of Ajanta Cave — Some of the finest works of art were created in the Ajanta Caves (Maharashtra, India) between 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE. The walls of the cave are covered with murals like this. Apart from distinctive forms, clear lines and vivid tones the presence of perspective is notable. The scene is taken from one of the Jataka tales.

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Original image by Jean-Pierre DalbÃ©ra. Uploaded by Dola RC, published on 27 October 2015 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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DalbÃ©ra, J. (2015, October 27). Murals of Ajanta Cave. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/4144/

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DalbÃ©ra, Jean-Pierre. "Murals of Ajanta Cave." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 27, 2015. https://www.ancient.eu/image/4144/.

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DalbÃ©ra, Jean-Pierre. "Murals of Ajanta Cave." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 27 Oct 2015. Web. 08 Mar 2021.

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