Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.10
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.10
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c13.10
There are eight important *Chaitya* halls excavated in the Hīnayāna period (200 B.C. to 200 A.D.) viz., Bhaja, Kondane, Pitalkhorā, Ajanta (Cave 10), Bedsa, Ajanta (Cave 9), Nasik and Karle. These were most probably excavated in the order named. The first four in 2nd century B.C. and remainder in 1st century B.C.