Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c5.s8.22

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elephant is a large retinue, among whom is prominent the figure of an attendant of red complexion, who is holding upright an unsheathed sword with an incurved blade.¹ He is apparently the bodyguard of the young prince,² who is riding on a bay horse,³ and is overshadowed by a canopy. The horse is prancing so that a passer-by has been seized with fright. The figure of this terror-stricken pedestrian may be noticed to the right of the prince. To the prince's left there is another bodyguard, and beyond him the heads of two more attendants may be seen, with their hair treated fancifully. The hair of one has been shown in clusters of matted locks, while that of the other has been dressed and knotted at the crown in the fashion of the yogīs. The attendant with the matted locks is armed with a shield, the hide of which has a check pattern.