The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.89

v2.c16.s2.89

In cave I there is another dance-scene delineated on the left wall of the front gallery. The painting is much damaged but the figures of two dancers can easily be made out (Plate LX b). The performance is shown as taking place in a royal pavilion in which a Nāga king and queen are seated on a cushion in a mood of dalliance, and a large number of maidservants and male guards are either occupied in serving refreshments (?) or watching the dance. A princely person dressed in a long coat of embroidered stuff, among the designs of which the figures of geese and oxen can be made out, may be seen sitting between two pillars on the opposite side to the Nāga king and his royal consort.