A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.64

c14.s2.64

I am disposed to think that the figures of Buddha painted on the pillars of Cave X (Griffiths, Pl. 42, 43, and cover) are the next in date, and should be assigned to the fifth century, but they might be either later or earlier. The nimbus and draperies recall early Christian art and the sculptures of Gandhāra. The best is shown in Fig. 205. These are now (1910) the only paintings left in Cave X.