A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s3.1

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The vigorous school of art which produced the Ajaṇṭā frescoes did not confine its operations to the caves at that place. Several similar excavations near Bāgh, a village or decayed small town in the Gwālior State, situated on an ancient road connecting Gujarāt with Mālwa (22° 21′ N., 74° 48′ E.), exhibit traces of a set of works resembling in general style the Ajaṇṭā paintings, and at one time of almost equal importance. Unfortunately, the crumbling of the rock, and absolute neglect, combined with the effects of the smoke from vagrants’ fires, have left hardly anything of compositions which once covered thousands of square feet.