A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s3.7

c14.s3.7

The Bāgh caves do not contain an inscription of any kind, and their date can be determined only by considerations of style. The judge’s wig worn by many of the male figures and the transparent close-fitting robes connect the sculptures with the later Gupta rather than with the mediaeval period. The general character of the paintings is sufficiently known to make it certain that they are not earlier than the late works at Ajaṇṭā. Probably the paintings may have been executed between the middle of the sixth and that of the seventh century. I do not know who was the ruling power at Bāgh at that time.