Footfalls of Indian history . goneout in its fulness from time to time ! A couple ofspars lashed together at right angles ; a couple ofcrescent-shaped axes back to back; a cairn. Andeach of these has had the power in its day to makemen die joyfully and merrily as a piece of goodfortune! Usually it is easier to imagine this whenthe emblem has taken to itself an icon or crucifix might better make martyrs than thecross, one thinks. The stupa with the Buddhaupon it stirs one deeper than the stupa or dagobaalone. Yet here amongst the choir of saints wecatch a hint of quite another feeling
Footfalls of Indian history . goneout in its fulness from time to time ! A couple ofspars lashed together at right angles ; a couple ofcrescent-shaped axes back to back; a cairn. Andeach of these has had the power in its day to makemen die joyfully and merrily as a piece of goodfortune! Usually it is easier to imagine this whenthe emblem has taken to itself an icon or crucifix might better make martyrs than thecross, one thinks. The stupa with the Buddhaupon it stirs one deeper than the stupa or dagobaalone. Yet here amongst the choir of saints wecatch a hint of quite another feeling, and we under-stand that when the icon was added to the emblemfaith was already dim. The University of Ajanta departs in its paintingsfrom primitive simplicity. Cave Sixteen is highlydecorated, and Cave Seventeen a veritable labyrinthof beauty and narrative. Everywhere flames outsome mighty subject, and everywhere .are connect-ing links and ornamental figures. Not once doesinspiration fail, though the soft brightness to-day. AJANTA: INlERluR OF 1 \\1-:N IV-SI \
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