Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c19.7
Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c19.7
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c19.7
The Mahayana rock-cut halls at Ajanta resolve themselves into five groups, according to the following circumstances, and order of execution. When about 450 A.D, this monastic retreat was revived and began its second phase, for a time the two now ancient Hinayana chaitya halls (Nos 9 and 10), sufficed for the actual service but the monastic dwellings being inadequate, more cells became necessary to provide for the additional priests The earliest group ① TEMPLE OF PAPANATHA AT PATTADAKAL CIR 680 ② TEMPLE OF VIRUPAKSHA AT PATTADAKAL CIR 740 TEMPLE OF KALLEŞVARA AT KUKKANUR. CIR 10TH CENT ③]