Ajanta Cave No. 1

<p>The monograph contains 15 Buddhist legends painted on the walls of Ajanta Cave No. 1 in the late<br />fifth centry CE. All episodes of the stories are arranged in the same way as the painters painted them.</p><p>It is a compendium of the ancient paintings systematically documented for the first time with colour<br />photographs.</p><p>The monograph covers 14 of the total 15 narrative paintings of Cave 1. It has at least one photo of<br />every episode of the narratives. It has systematically arranged material in accordance with the Ajanta<br />corpus of Dieter Schlingloff.</p><p>There is summary of all the 15 legends. The picture descriptions are based on up-to-date research on<br />each painted episode. There is a concise bibliography of the nearest textual concordance of the<br />narratives in the Buddhist scriptures.</p><p>Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh has spent nearly fifteen years to study the Ajanta caves in detail. Prior to this<br />he has published produced or edited 2 monographs 11 research papers a CD-Rom and 5 videos on<br />Ajanta. The contents of this monograph is meant for academic libraries educators students and<br />general readers.</p>