Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s6.10

v2.c8.s6.10

The second episode of the story, Plate XII *b*, represents a scene in the jungle. Commencing from the left, we notice two figures, one of whom is a stalwart man of green complexion with very fierce looks. The features of his companion are obliterated, but his frizzled woolly hair is suggestive of his wild temper, and further, he holds a blue poniard in his right hand and a cup or tray in his left. At the feet of these two ruffians, who are either robbers or executioners commissioned by the king to murder the lady inside the palanquin, we notice a figure lying prostrate, as if beseeching for the life of the lady. The fresco is badly damaged here, but the curve of the back of the prostrate figure can be discerned.