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Ajanta caves
Gautam Kumar
September 15, 2020 07:09:48 PM
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Ajanta caves
Map
of
Ajanta
Caves The
Ajanta
Caves
are
generally
agreed
to
have
been
made
in
two
distinct
phases,
the
first
during
the
2nd
century
BCE
to
1st
century
CE,
and
a
second
several
centuries
later.[22][23][24] The
caves
consist
of
36
identifiable
foundations,[9]
some
of
them
discovered
after
the
original
numbering
of
the
caves
from
1
through
29.
The
later-identified
caves
have
been
suffixed
with
the
letters
of
the
alphabet,
such
as
15A,
identified
between
originally
numbered
caves
15
and
16.[25]
The
cave
numbering
is
a
convention
of
convenience,
and
does
not
reflect
the
chronological
order
of
their
construction.[26] Caves
of
the
first
(Satavahana)
period Edit Cave
9,
a
first-period
Hinayana-style
chaitya
worship
hall
with
stupa
but
no
idols The
earliest
group
consists
of
caves
9,
10,
12,
13
and
15A.
The
murals
in
these
caves
depict
stories
from
the
Jatakas.[26]
Later
caves
reflect
the
artistic
influence
of
the
Gupta
period,[26]
but
there
are
differing
opinions
on
which
century
in
which
the
early
caves
were
built.[27][28]
According
to
Walter
Spink,
they
were
made
during
the
period
100
BCE
to
100
CE,
probably
under
the
patronage
of
the
Hindu
Satavahana
dynasty
(230
BCE
–
c.
220
CE)
who
ruled
the
region.[29][30]
Other
datings
prefer
the
period
of
the
Maurya
Empire
(300
BCE
to
100
BCE).[31]
Of
these,
caves
9
and
10
are
stupa
containing
worship
halls
of
chaitya-griha
form,
and
caves
12,
13,
and
15A
are
vihāras
(see
the
architecture
section
below
for
descriptions
of
these
types).[25]
The
first
Satavahana
period
caves
lacked
figurative
sculpture,
emphasizing
the
stupa
instead. According
to
Spink,
once
the
Satavahana
period
caves
were
made,
the
site
was
not
further
developed
for
a
considerable
period
until
the
mid-5th
century.[32]
However,
the
early
caves
were
in
use
during
this
dormant
period,
and
Buddhist
pilgrims
visited
the
site,
according
to
the
records
left
by
Chinese
pilgrim
Faxian
around
400
CE.[25]
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