Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c3.11

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As the publication of the Plates would have been incomplete without an explanatory account of the frescoes, I have ventured to describe them; but not in the spirit of an expert in Buddhist lore or as an adept in the technicalities of Art. My acquaintance with them, as Director of Archaeology, Hyderabad, however, is deep and intimate, since I have had to watch and study them unremittingly. The reader, it is hoped, will find the Introductory Essay, written by Mr. Laurence Binyon, than whom there is perhaps no greater authority on the art of the East at the present time, of extraordinary value and interest in appreciating the merits of these marvellous frescoes.