Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c5.s19.3

v1.c5.s19.3

Proceeding farther towards the right, we notice the outer court of a palace, with a large assemblage wherein the outlines of some horses may also be traced. The fresco is much damaged here, but some human figures are intact, and the high light on their foreheads, noses, lips, and chin is interesting. The treatment of the fingers is also highly ingenious, their position, curves, and loops varying in the case of each figure and suggesting different expressions. The features are uniformly sharp, and pearl necklaces, large ear-rings and bangles (karās), in pairs or singly, appear on the body of each. One of the figures is dressed in a robe (or sheet) with the right shoulder exposed;² he is holding a flower (lotus) in his right hand, and may represent a Bodhisattva.