Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v4.c17.97

v4.c17.97

The inscribed part measures about 2½ feet by 5½ feet. The inscription consists of fourteen lines in all. It is taken as being in three parts, indicated here as *A*, *B*, and *C* (Facsimiles II-V). Of these *A* and *C* each consists of only one line. *A* occurs right above *B* and possibly announces the fact that below is the description of so-and-so. *C* occurs almost in a line with *A*, but at a distance. It states that ‘this has been written by Kapaṭatuṅga’. *B* thus constitutes the inscription proper. It consists of 12 lines of varying lengths. At the end of several of these lines some inscribed portions have been destroyed, the exact extent of which cannot now be determined.