Ajanta: Cave 17. Interior, antechamber, left wall, painting depicting the Miracle of Sravasti, delineated in three vertical scenes :- (1) Top - Buddha is preaching the abhidharma to his mother in the Trayastrimsa heaven. (2) Middle - Buddha's descent at Samkasya from Trayastrimsa heaven in the company of Sakra and Brahma. (3) Bottom - Buddha's Sermon to Sariputra and the devotees, among which include the foreigners on left.
- Description
- Deccan Trap
- ca. 462-480 CE
- Creator
- American Institute of Indian Studies
- Geographic Subject
- India -- Maharashtra -- Aurangabad District
- Collection
- American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Image Collection
- Notes
- Photo credit: Walter Spink
- AIIS series name: Ind VI
- High-resolution scans from the original negative are available directly from AIIS.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Rights Note
- © American Institute of Indian Studies; presented with permission.
- Identifier
- Image negative number: 231.86
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