The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.42

v2.c16.s2.42

At Ellora the ceilings of the Indra Sabhā group of Jaina temples are also adorned with painting, and the representations of the apsarasas as shown therein are more akin to their prototypes at Ajanta than to their parallels in the Brāhmanic cave at Kailāsa described above. Owing to the heat of fires kindled for domestic as well as religious purposes, and the blackening effect of smoke, the original colours of these paintings have suffered much, but in places where they are in a comparatively better state of preservation the colours show the fondness of the artist for the use of vermilion (Plate LIII b).