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January 28, 1999
Benoy K. Behl The Ajanta Caves: Artistic Wonder of Ancient Buddhist India Harry N. Abrams, 1998. 256 pp.; 186 color ills.; 25 b/w ills. Cloth $65.00 (0810919834)
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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.1999.88

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When I first opened this book, the spine broke, a premonition of things to come. But let me start with the book’s strengths, for certainly there are some. Benoy Behl is a photographer who enjoys the challenge of working in low-light conditions such as those of the rock-cut shrines that form the Buddhist monastery of Ajanta. His photographs bring out the extraordinary richness of Ajanta’s paintings and capture details that I have failed to see...