Cave Temple
- Title:
- Cave Temple
- Collection:
- Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
- Date:
- ca. 200 BCE-800 CE
- Location:
- Ajanta (Maharashtra, India)
- Country:
- India
- ID Number:
- MCD_00899
- Call Number:
- B-Q5 Aja 3.4 Cav 4b-2
- File Name:
- MCD_00899.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Vakataka Dynasty
- Work Type:
- cave temples
- Subject:
- Drawings
cave temples - Image View Description:
- Persp. dwg.: stone drawing by T. C. Dibdin
general view with cave temple 26 - Description:
- There are 30 Buddhist caves carved into a semi-circular scarp at Ajanta, primarily famous for their frescoes. Dates: 2nd C. BCE-8th C. CE.
- Notes:
- Image and original data maintained by the Cornell University Library. This digital collection is a result of a long-term collaboration between Professor Bonnie G. MacDougall, Department of Architecture and Margaret N. Webster, Director of the George W. & Adelaide Knight Visual Resources Facility in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
- Source:
- Image: Rock Cut Temples of India
MacDougall, R. D.
Files
Weiner, Sheila L.
Ajanta: its Place in Buddhist Art
Berkeley: University of California Press
1977
Kroch Library Asia
NA6008.A35 W42
Sivaramamurti, Calambur
The Art of India
New York: H. N. Abrams
1977
Fine Arts Library
N7302.S62 1977 - Bibliography:
- Rock Cut Temples of India
- Cite As:
- Bonnie and Robert MacDougall papers, #15-2-4397. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This image is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the image’s original publication date, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright). The image was digitized by Cornell University Library between 2004-2007 from a volume from the library’s own collections or the collection of Bonnie G. MacDougall. For more information about these volumes, please contact rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.