Buddhist Temples Built at Ajanta Caves in India
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Arts, Religion, Ethics, Architecture
- Subcategories: Painting, Painters, Drawing, Sculpture, Sculptors, Buddhism, Buddhists
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: India
- Date: 460-477
Article abstract: The architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Ajanta caves mark a high point in the art of ancient India and in the development of Buddhist art.
Summary of Event
When the Vākātaka king Harisena began his rule over much of central India around 460 c.e., his reign brought a cultural flowering, and the Buddhist site at Ajanta became the focus of intense artistic activity. More than five hundred years earlier in the second century b.c.e., several cave prayer halls (chaityas) and monastic residences (vihāras) had been...
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