Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s1.t4.2

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The Mahāmāyūrī Buddhist Texts mention the Yaksha Śaṅkarin at Pitaṅgalya, Khaṇḍaka at Pratiṣṭhāna, Sundara at Nāsikya and Asaṅga at Bharukachchha which nearly supply a perimeter on this highly important region in which trade and commerce accompanied with religious activity flourished at their best. The architectural activity at Pitalkhora began in 2nd century B. C. and of that period we have a Vihāra and a Chaitya hall. The place was deserted after about a couple of centuries and then renovated with sculptures in the Vihāra and Buddhist paintings in the Chaitya hall similar to those in the Ajanta caves. Thus Pitalkhora very naturally shared in the two phases of Hinayāna and Mahāyāna architectural and art activity in northern Deccan as were witnessed at Ajanta also.