
Artist: unknown
Title: Ajanta, plan of cave I
Material: rock-cut
Site: Ajanta, Maharastra, India
Current Location: Ajanta, Maharastra, India
Period/Date: 5th century C.E.
Iconography/Iconology: vihara residence hall for the monastic community.
Stylistic Comments: plan of vihara style cave showing the resident cells
around the interior "courtyard, " with the antechamber and shrine
in the back wall (i.e., at the top of this plan).