Footfalls of Indian history . AJANTA: INlERluR OF 1 \\1-:N IV-SI \. COMPARTMENT FROM THE THIRD ARCHWAY OF THEEAST GATEWAY AT SANCHI THE ANCIENT ABBEY OF AJANTA 131 is for the most part dim, and the colours havelargely to be guessed at. What are the subjects ?Ah, that is the question ! Here at any rate is onerendered specially famous, for the moment, by therecent labours upon it of an English artist, ^ whichevidently portrays the Maha Hansa Jatak from theJatakas or Birth-Tales.^ These were the Puranasof Buddhism. That is to say, they were its popularliterature. History is to a gr
Footfalls of Indian history . AJANTA: INlERluR OF 1 \\1-:N IV-SI \. COMPARTMENT FROM THE THIRD ARCHWAY OF THEEAST GATEWAY AT SANCHI THE ANCIENT ABBEY OF AJANTA 131 is for the most part dim, and the colours havelargely to be guessed at. What are the subjects ?Ah, that is the question ! Here at any rate is onerendered specially famous, for the moment, by therecent labours upon it of an English artist, ^ whichevidently portrays the Maha Hansa Jatak from theJatakas or Birth-Tales.^ These were the Puranasof Buddhism. That is to say, they were its popularliterature. History is to a great extent merely thestory of organisation, the gradual selecting andordering of elements already present. And in thatsense the Puranas form a reflection and imitationof the Jatakas. The elements of both were presentbefore. Buddhism organised the one in Pali, andHinduism, later, the other in Sanskrit. But insome cases it would appear as if the Mahavamsa,with its history of the evangelising of Ceylon, hadbeen the treasure-house of Ajanta artists. Thereare in some of the caves, n
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