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Ajanta

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A·jan·ta  (-jnt)
A village of west-central India southwest of Amravati. Nearby caves dating from c. 200 b.c. to a.d. 650 contain remarkable examples of Buddhist art.


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Also included are a brief examination of the Ajanta caves' impact on Asian art and an appendix of early descriptions of the caves, written in the 19th century by their British discoverers.
Inside, the deliberate roughness of the hand-compacted surfaces and the amorphousness of the connections between the geometric plan forms produces a cave-like quality -- 'visual reminders of the Buddhist caves at Ajanta and Ellora,' says Doshi.
 
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