Ajanta: The end of the Golden AgeBRILL, 2005 - 423 pages The twenty-nine Buddhist caves near Ajanta form a devotional complex which ranks as one of the world's most startling achievements, created at the very apogee of India's Golden Age. "Ajanta: History and Development," appears as part of the series Handbook of Oriental Studies, present the reader with a systematic treatment of all aspects of the site, the result of forty years of painstaking research "in situ" by Walter M. Spink. Volume one deals with the historical context in which this dramatic burst of pious activity took place under the reign of Vakataka emperor Harisena, (c. 460 - 477 A.D.), and with the sudden halt of activity almost immediately following the death of the emperor. In surprising detail the relative and absolute chronology of the site can be established from a careful reading of the physical evidence, with consequences for our dating of India's Golden Age. Ajanta, it appears, is a veritable illustrated history of Harisena's times, crowded with information on its history, development and how it was used. |
Table des matières
The Historicity of | 119 |
A Revised Vakataka Chronology To support my views I present a Vakataka chronology somewhat | 163 |
Dandins Visrutacarita and the Future | 169 |
Family Relationships bearing upon Ajantas | 179 |
Its Origins and its Aftermath | 184 |
A Review In 478 the troubled year after Harisenas death first the Vakataka | 200 |
emperor Harisenas death during which the Asmakas rejected | 248 |
Caves Abandoned at the Time of Harisenas | 315 |
Related Caves of the Vakatakas or their | 325 |
The Need for Study in Situ Esp | 366 |
Visrutacarita of Dandins Daakumàracarita | 393 |
Inscriptions 16 17 26 Ghatotkacha These are the four long inscriptions of the major Vakataka patrons | 412 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
abandoned abhaya mudra aisle Ajanta Cave already Anupa appears Asmaka Aurangabad Aurangabad Cave Bagh caves Barwani bhadrasana bodhisattvas Buddha images Buddhabhadra caitya hall carved Cave 16 inscription Cave 17 Cave 26 Cave Lower Cave Upper cave’s ceiling cells completed consistent patronage course Dandin Dasakumaracarita decoration dedicated devotees Dharasiva dharmacakra donations donors dynasty earlier Early Kalacuri emperor Harisena evidence excavation expedient fact feudatories finished front Ghatotkacha vihara Gupta Harisena Harisena’s death Hinayana image in Cave intrusive king late later Maharaja Subandhu Mahismati Malwa minister Mirashi mode monks never painted panels patrons perhaps Period of Disruption pillars planned plastered porch doorway porch end prince probably rear wall Recession region reign Risika rush Sarvasena sculptor Short Chronology shrine antechamber shrine doorway site’s sixth century Spink Sravasti standing Buddhas started stupa Subandhu suggests surely tion Traikutakas underway unfinished Upendragupta Vakataka Varahadeva verse Vidarbha Visruta Visrutacarita worship yaksha