A little over two hours of the old city of Aurangabad lie the famous caves of Ajanta, thirty-two caves that are not entirely natural but that were carved into the hills for thousands of years by workers using only chisels and hammers.
Carved into the volcanic rock basalt, artisans have been carefully chiseling little a little rock, carving the pillars in strategic locations and creating several rooms inside the rock. The walls and ceilings were beautifully decorated with gypsum applications created the color paints.
Most paintings are more than 1500 years. Ten Centuries before the birth of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the European Renaissance, these unknown artists already knew to describe the perspective, depth and realism in his paintings. The expressions and emotions captured in the faces of the paintings are so real that today, after several centuries can be admired.
The oldest of the caves dates back to the second century BC. Some of them are Viharas or monasteries, large houses with small rooms leading off the main hall was where the monks lived.
Some rooms have a bed of stone carved with a pillow in which the monk could rest his head.
The remaining caves or temples are Chaityas very similar to the Christian cathedrals, with vaulted ceilings and wooden beams that cross ribs and decorated stone pillars, and the nave (where a Christian church would have its altar) a Big Buddha statue.
Remember that these stone temples were carved many centuries before the Christian cathedrals, so that you can get to speculate whether these caves were not the inspiration for the great architects of the Middle Ages and not the classical Greek and Roman temples.
Still gave us something universal, magical, and now we have the pleasure to behold. The centuries seem small drops of water in the face of the caves.
Carved into the volcanic rock basalt, artisans have been carefully chiseling little a little rock, carving the pillars in strategic locations and creating several rooms inside the rock. The walls and ceilings were beautifully decorated with gypsum applications created the color paints.
Most paintings are more than 1500 years. Ten Centuries before the birth of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the European Renaissance, these unknown artists already knew to describe the perspective, depth and realism in his paintings. The expressions and emotions captured in the faces of the paintings are so real that today, after several centuries can be admired.
The oldest of the caves dates back to the second century BC. Some of them are Viharas or monasteries, large houses with small rooms leading off the main hall was where the monks lived.
Some rooms have a bed of stone carved with a pillow in which the monk could rest his head.
The remaining caves or temples are Chaityas very similar to the Christian cathedrals, with vaulted ceilings and wooden beams that cross ribs and decorated stone pillars, and the nave (where a Christian church would have its altar) a Big Buddha statue.
Remember that these stone temples were carved many centuries before the Christian cathedrals, so that you can get to speculate whether these caves were not the inspiration for the great architects of the Middle Ages and not the classical Greek and Roman temples.
is surprising to think that the great masters who created these wonders, had only small tools.
Still gave us something universal, magical, and now we have the pleasure to behold. The centuries seem small drops of water in the face of the caves.
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