Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v3.c12.22

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¹ The floral designs are identical with those carved above the doorway of the *chaitya* at Nasik (Plate XXV, *Cave-temples of India*), which according to the inscriptions engraved therein belongs to the first century B.C. or the first century A.D. There is a Brāhmī inscription in Cave XII as well, which from the style of the script may be assigned to the same period. *Infra*, Appendix, pp. 85 ff.