"In the early nineteenth century, when Europeans first visited the Ajanta caves, they had no literary precedents throu…"

"Herodotus, wrote in 400 BC that in India there were "trees growing wild, which produce a kind of wool better than she…"

"Modern art has led me to the comprehension and appreciation of Indian painting and sculpture. It seems paradoxical, b…"

"Richard Lannoy, the most scintillating interpreter of Indian culture to date, writes: At first sight it is the genial…"

"But we cannot judge these works in their original form from what survives of them today; and doubtless there are clue…"

"The earliest dateable Indian painting is a group of Buddhist frescoes (ca. 100 B.C.) found on the walls of a cave in …"

"The temples have been called caves, for in most cases they are cut into the mountains. Cave No. XVI, for example, is …"

"Despite these depredations, Cave I is still rich in masterpieces. Here, on one wall, is (probably) a Bodhisattwa—a Bu…"

"The caves at Ajanta, besides being the hiding-place of the greatest of Buddhist paintings, rank with Karle as example…"

"For years, ever since it was first published, the Bardo Thodol has been my constant companion, and to it I owe not on…"