Guide to the Ajanta Paintings (Vol. 1. Narrative Wall Paintings)

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The wall paintings in the Buddhist cave monasteries of Ajanta (second centuries BC and fifth-sixth centuries AD) convey unique insights into the life of the Ancient Indians and their culture. The painted Buddhist legends proclaims ethics, in which help for beings in distress is valued higher than one's own personal welfare, and is often even worth more than one's own life.

The book presents line drawings of all narrative paintings, together with a short description of each scene. On the base of their literary sources many scenes are identified and interpreted for the first time.

About the Author

Professor emeritus Dr. Dieter Schlingloff, formerly head of the Department of Indology and Iranian Studies at the University of Munich, Germany, is a specialist in Buddhist Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian culture and art. More than thirty years of the author's researches were concentrated on the narrative Ajanta Painting.

Cave I

1/ No. 50	Maitribala
1/ No. 44	Mahasudarsana
2/ No. 46	Sibi-Kapota
2/ No. 46	Udrayana
3/ No. 40	Sudhana
4/ No. 59	Sankhapala
5/ No. 45	Janaka
6/ No. 41	Kalyanakarin
7/ No. 74	Sumagadha
7/ No. 38	Mahosadha
8/ No. 80	Maravijaya
9/ No. 81	Maravijaya
9/ No. 88	Mahapratiharya
10/ No. 60	Compaka
11/ No. 76	Nagakumara
12/ No. 53	Prabhasa

13/ No. 61	Bhuridatta
14/ No. 54	Prabhasa
15/ No. 34	Ksantivadin
16/ No. 51	Maitribala
16/ No. 13	Hamsa
16/ No. 47	Sibi-Kapota
17/ No. 65	Bhagavatprasuti
18/ No. 89	Mahapratiharya
18/ No. 94	Avalokitesvara
19/ No. 16	Ruru
19/ No. 37	Vidhura
20/ No. 79	Purna

21/ No. 81	Maravijaya
21/ No. 90	Mahapratiharya

22/ No.  1	Pandara
22/ No.  2	Mahagovinda
22/ No.  3	Sasa
22/ No.  4	Kunala
22/ No.  5	Udaya
23/ No. 67	Kasyapa

24/ No. 8	Bhagavan
25/ No. 9	Udayana
26/ No. 6	Syama
27/ No. 7	Saddanta

28/ No. 84	Devavatara
28/ No. 85	Devavatara
29/ No. 56	Sutasoma
30/ No. 12	Vartakapota
30/ No. 17	Ruru
30/ No. 21	Mahisa
30/ No. 36	Vyaghri
30/ No. 93	Yaksa
31/ No. 42	Visvantara
31/ No. 33	Bisa
31/ No. 62	Kumbha
32/ No. 52	Maitribala
32/ No. 25	Hastin
33/ No. 39	Mukapangu
33/ No. 30	Mahakapi
34/ No. 73	Nanda
35/ No. 91	Mahapratiharya
35/ No. 82	Mahasamaja
37/ No. 64	Bhagavan

39/ No. 24	Simha
39/ No. 95	Avalokitesvara
39/ No. 96	Samsaracakra
40/ No. 68	Suddhodana
40/ No. 69	Udayin
41/ No. 77	Dhanapala
42/ No. 71	Rahula
42/ No. 72	Samati
42/ No. 83	Mahasamaja
43/ No. 78	Indrabrahmana
43/ No. 49	Sibi
44/ No. 18	Ruru
44/ No. 23	Rksa
45/ No. 19	Mrga
46/ No. 28	Saddanta
47/ No. 30	Mahakapi
47/ No. 26	Hastin
48/ No. 35	Bodhi
48/ No. 48	Sarvadada
48/ No. 14	Hamsa
49/ No. 43	Visvantara
51/ No. 63	Indra
51/ No. 29	Vanara
51/ No. 57	Sutasoma
53/ No. 86	Devavatara
53/ No. 70	Rahula
54/ No. 92	Mahapratiharya
55/ No. 20	Sarabha
55/ No. 15	Sasa
55/ No. 27	Matrposaka
56/ No. 11	Matsya
56/ No. 31	Syama
56/ No. 55	Prabhasa
56/ No. 22	Mahisa
57/ No. 58	Simhala