Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s21.4

v2.c8.s21.4

THE painter has selected the principal incidents of the *Jātaka*² according to his fancy, and delineated them with a grace of style and clearness of expression which are rather rare in the history of art until the fourteenth century of the Christian era. The sequence of events, apparently through consideration of space, is not in strict conformity with that of the *Jātaka* version, so in describing the various scenes we shall follow the order observed in the fresco.