Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s9.37

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In the left part of the fresco, near the deity holding the pearl-string, there are three figures, two female and one male. The middle one represents Māyā, who is going to the city of Devadaha to see her relatives. The other female figure is Māyā's special attendant, and the male figure her personal servant. It may be noticed that his moustache is rather cleverly painted. The fresco next below these figures has perished, but the subject is continued below, and at the bottom of Plate XXIII a lady may be seen carried in a palanquin on men's shoulders. The drawing of the head of one of the palanquin-bearers is highly realistic, and expresses his tense feeling as the result of his heavy burden.