These caves with beautiful examples of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art and architecture were discovered by John Smith, a British army officer, who accidentally stumbled upon them while on a hunting ...

From 1844 to 1863, Captain Robert Gill of the Madras Native Infantry worked on an assignment by the Madras Government to eventually make 27 “facsimiles” of the Ajanta cave paintings, along ...

These paintings are reproductions of Ajanta cave murals by veteran artist Ganesh Haloi, who was assigned by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1957 to replicate the frescoes.

The Sittanavasal rock-cut cave is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India and is home to many paintings and sculptures. The fresco-secco paintings inside the cave portray scenes like ...

At Akar Prakar Gallery in Delhi, paintings of stylised Ajanta’s ancient frescoes—narratives of events from the lives of the Buddha, the Jatakas—adorn the walls.

The Ajanta cave paintings date to 1,400 years before, say, Renaissance. They outdate any European painting of similar artistic value and technical expertise.

We have removed a hive from cave no 4 so far," said Ajanta Range Forest Officer Santosh Dodke. A scaffold was being erected in cave number 10, he said. "This hive is at a height of around 50-60 ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, A painting of a “merchant ship” at Ajanta Cave No. 17, indicating sea trade during the fifth century, inspired the Indian Navy’s traditionally-built stitched ...

Untitled (Apsara, Ajanta, Cave 17, 5th-6th century, 1937–1939; 56.3 x 42.5 cm. (22.2 x 16.7 in.) close. Medium distemper on cloth Size 56.3 x 42.5 cm. (22.2 x 16.7 in.) Description Keffiyeh truffaut ...