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Ajanta Caves

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Cave Four

The Archeological Survey of India board outside the caves gives the following detail about cave 4This is the largest monastery planned on a grandiose scale but was never finished. An inscription on the pedestal of the buddhas image mentions that it was a gift from a person named Mathura and paleographically belongs to 6th century A.D. It consists of a verandah, a hypostylar hall, sanctum with an antechamber and a series of unfinished cells. The rear wall of the verandah contains the panel of Litany of Avalokite?vara.The sanctuary houses a colossal image of the Buddha in preaching pose flanked by bodhisattvas and celestial nymphs hovering above.


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