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Numerous books have been dedicated to Rajasthan, cradle of proud Kingdoms, feudal and warring clans, proud lineage, home to India’s princes and a history as chivalrous as it is romantic. Among the most famous of these works is James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829-1832). This work is due to the encyclopaedic and impassioned pen of Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod who, as a political agent of the British Raj, spent many years in Rajput territory, ...
The Ajanta caves, with their compelling architecture, their outstanding high-reliefs and sculptures, the remarkable richness and variety of the canopies and profusion of the shafts of their carved columns, are universally admired for the beauty of their paintings. These paintings, which decorate the walls, the columns, the door frames, the ceilings, illustrate, in a very detailed and precise fashion, about thirty avadana, or jataka extracted from the vast body ...