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The current book on Ajanta, Bagh" and Badami attempts a three dimensional approach to these ancient historical sites in imparting information from aesthetic, technical and historical angles. This task has been made easier for the author because he has already made an extensive research in the field. This has enabled him to hand out the knowledge with a transparent grace which it is hoped would allow those interested in the field to grasp it with felicity. ...
This book on museums (specially Kolkata’s famous Jadughar), The Taj Mahal and Ajanta packed with valuable information avoids too many technical details to make it accessible to cross sections of readers. The authors in his train has pooled in Pompeii and Herculaneum and Kolkata’s Victorial Memorial Hall for a brief discourse. At the end there is a synoptic appraisal of India’s painting traditions from the ancient period down to the Neo-Bengal school’s ...