In 1999, Manager Rajdeo Singh, the ASI chief of conservation and head of science at Aurangabad, began work on the restoration of the murals in Caves Nine and Ten at Ajanta. Manager Singh, as he is ...

The period of Ajanta as a thriving religious and artistic center appears to coincide with the reign of Harishena, who died in 478. By the seventh century, the monastery began to empty, the caves ...

The extraordinary cave network of Ajanta in India houses a trove of masterpieces dating back thousands of years.

India is a treasure trove of ancient heritage, and nowhere is that more evident than in its remarkable cave complexes. These caves, hewn by hand from rock and mountain, are not just hollowed ...

Whether you are an art enthusiast, a history buff, or a photo lover chasing dramatic textures, these caves are full of ...

However, the late art historian Walter Spink, in his magisterial seven-volume study of the caves, Ajanta: History And Development (2005-17), deduces with almost forensic detail why it must have ...

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...

Other nuances in the original works that have now sprung to life are the female faces in Dark Princess in Ajanta’s Cave No. 1. The digital makeover has kindled their reddish brown eyes, coiffed ...

An image of an ancient mural from India’s Ajanta Caves has been converted to special film and deposited in an Arctic mountain archive to keep it safe for future generations.