The Indian Navy has formally inducted the ancient-style stitched sail ship, naming it INSV Kaundinya, a vessel modelled on a 5th-century CE depiction of a ship in the Ajanta Caves.

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, May 23 (PTI) 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 ...

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 ...

Chodak is also a master of the Buddhist thangka painting, which depicts deities and scenes from the life of the Buddha, influential lamas and bodhisattvas.

The Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) Delhi will be holding for the first time an exposition of the sacred Buddha Relic of ...

The mural is in Cave 1 of the Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, and it reflects the beauty and classical sophistication of the arts of India's Gupta dynasty.

Dalrymple has made amends with this book. The first spark for The Golden Road came during one of his visits to the Ajanta Caves, where some of the earliest Buddhist paintings were being restored. “I ...

Mural paintings have a long history in Indian art. The tradition dates back to ancient times, with the earliest examples found in the caves of Ajanta and Ellora in Maharashtra, India, which were ...

Before Herringham, the Ajanta caves were not unknown. Richard S Cohen, a scholar of Buddhist studies, notes that Abu’l Fazl mentioned them in Ain-i-Akbari in the 1590s.

Apart from Caves 9 and 10 at Ajanta, Dalrymple says more historical evidence has become available in the last decade. Case in point: the Berenike Buddha.