Books in the Photographic Compendium, Ajanta Narrative Painting series

The monograph contains 15 Buddhist legends painted on the walls of Ajanta Cave No. 1 in the latefifth centry CE. All episodes of the stories are arranged in the same way as the painters painted them.It is a compendium of the ancient paintings systematically documented for the first time with colourphotographs.The monograph covers 14 of the total 15 narrative paintings of Cave 1. It has at least one photo ofevery episode of the narratives. It has systematically arranged material in accordance with the Ajantacorpus of Dieter Schlingloff.There is summary of all the 15 legends. The picture descriptions are based on up-to-date research oneach painted episode. There is a concise bibliography of the nearest textual concordance of thenarratives in the Buddhist scriptures.Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh has spent nearly fifteen years to study the Ajanta caves in detail. Prior to this,he has published, produced, or edited 2 monographs, 11 research papers, a CD-Rom, and 5 videos onAjanta. The contents of this monograph is meant for academic libraries, educators, students, andgeneral readers.