ebooks Early Jesuits Travellers in Central Asia 1603-1721 by C. Wessels in History

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This is the most up to date book on the art; architecture; and history of the famous Ajanta caves. It includes chapters on political background; religious background; and epigraphy. It includes a summary of the latest research carried out in the last few decades. It brings together critical information from scholarly books and periodicals. There are 284 colour photographs depicting architecture; paintings; sculpture; and decorative motifs in comprehensive detail. For the first time at least one photograph of all the narrative themes of the Ajanta paintings have been printed in a book. The identifications of the painted themes by James Burgess; A. Foucher; James Griffiths; Dieter Schlingloff; and Monika Zin have been included to create a collective up-to-date corpus. On historical matters; the timeline of Walter M. Spink for the Ajanta caves has been included. In order to satisfy the curiosities of the general reader and invoke research interest in advanced learners; an account of how the excavation progressed step-by-step in some of the caves has been included. By the same author: Anonymous (ed.); Ajant : A Digital Encyclopaedia [CD-Rom] (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts; 2004). Rajesh Kumar Singh; The Early Development of the Cave 26-Complex at Ajant ; South Asian Studies 28.1 (London: BASAS and Routledge; March 2012); 37 68. Buddhabhadra s Dedicatory Inscription at Ajant : A Review ; in Pratnak rti: Recent Studies in Indian Epigraphy; History; Archaeology; and Art; 2 vols; Professor Shriniwas S. Ritti Felicitation volume; ed. by Shriniwas V. Padigar and Shivanand V. (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan; 2012); vol. 1; pp. 34 46). Ajant Cave No. 26: Oriented to the Sunrise of Dhamma Day ( ha P r im ); and Inaugurated on 14 ha; 384 aka Era (27 June 462 CE)? in Buddhist Rock-cut Caves of India; ed. by Shrikant Ganvir; in press). Numerating the ailag has at Ajant ; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai (2009) 82; 122 26. Ajant Cave 8: Historiography and Fresh Look on the First Mah y na ailag ha; Jñ na-Prav h Research Journal (2009) 12; 68 80. Some Problems in Fixing the Date of Ajant Caves; Kal ; the Journal of Indian Art History Congress; ed. R. D. Choudhury (Guwahati and Delhi: Indian Art History Congress and Sharda Publishing House); 14 (2009); 69 85. Role of Stella Kramrisch in Indian Art History; East West (2003) 53.14; 127 48.