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Ajanta Cave No. 1: Documented According to the Ajanta Corpus of Dieter Schlingloff (Photographic Compendium, Ajanta Narrative Painting) Hardcover – May 4, 2017

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The monograph contains 15 Buddhist legends painted on the walls of Ajanta Cave No. 1 in the late
fifth centry CE. All episodes of the stories are arranged in the same way as the painters painted them.

It is a compendium of the ancient paintings systematically documented for the first time with colour
photographs.

The monograph covers 14 of the total 15 narrative paintings of Cave 1. It has at least one photo of
every episode of the narratives. It has systematically arranged material in accordance with the Ajanta
corpus of Dieter Schlingloff.

There is summary of all the 15 legends. The picture descriptions are based on up-to-date research on
each painted episode. There is a concise bibliography of the nearest textual concordance of the
narratives in the Buddhist scriptures.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh has spent nearly fifteen years to study the Ajanta caves in detail. Prior to this,
he has published, produced, or edited 2 monographs, 11 research papers, a CD-Rom, and 5 videos on
Ajanta. The contents of this monograph is meant for academic libraries, educators, students, and
general readers.

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Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh is an art historian. He is an advanced researcher of the Ajanta studies.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hari Sena Press Private Limited (May 4, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8192510778
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8192510774
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

MONOGRAPHS

Forthc. With Rai, Raghu. Buddhist Cave Temples of Ajanta.

Forthc. Select Stupa-Shrines from Ajanta, Bagh, Dhārāśiva, and Gandhāra Pālé.

2021 Early Hunnic Invasions and Abandonment of Buddhist Temples in India. = Ajanta Mahāpiṭaka I.4 (Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers). Hardcover, B&W, 6 x 9 in, pp. 110, pl. 1. ISBN 978-81-215-1353-1.

2020a. Khīṅgīla vs. Buddhist Caves: A Synchronised Chronology of the Early Alchon Hūṇs, Early Guptas, Vākāṭakas, Traikūṭakas, and Buddhist Caves (ca. 451-480 CE). = Ajanta Mahāpiṭaka I.2 (Baroda: Hari Sena Press). Hardcover, B&W, 6 x 9 in, pp. 114, plates 11, ISBN 978-8192510781.

2020b. Periodisation of Rock-cut Monuments of India. = Ajanta Mahāpiṭaka I.3 (Baroda: Hari Sena Press). Hardcover, B&W, 6 x 9 in, pp. 106, plates 11, ISBN 978-8192510798.

2019. Ajanta Paintings: A Compilation of 84 Abridged Narratives. 2nd ed. (Baroda: Hari Sena Press). Hardcover, colour, 6 x 9 in, pp. 172, ISBN: 978-8192510767.

2017. Ajanta Cave No. 1: Documented According to the Ajanta Corpus of Dieter Schlingloff = Photographic Compendium of Ajanta Narrative Paintings. Vol. 1 (Baroda: Hari Sena Press). Hardcover, 8.27 x 11.27 in, colour, pp. 218, ISBN: 978-8192510774.

2012. An Introduction to the Ajanta Caves: With Examples of Six Caves (Baroda: Hari Sena Press). Softcover, 6.14 x 9.21 in, colour, pp. 260, ISBN: 978-8192510705.

RESEARCH PAPERS

2021. ‘Circa 465 CE and the Stupa-Shrine of the Ajanta Cave 11.’ In: Myth, Image, Metaphor in the Cultures of Asia and Africa. Proceedings of the 6th All-Polish Conference of Oriental Studies, ed. by Marek M. Dziekan, Sylwia Filipowska, and Ewa Siemieniec-Gołaś (Warsaw: Elipsa), pp. 301–373.

2021. ‘Astronomy of the Ajanta Caves 26 and 19.’ In: Prof. Ratan Parimoo Felicitation Volume, ed. by Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, and Raghavendra Rao Kulkarni (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan), pp. 25–35.

2020. ‘The Earliest Two and a Half Shrine-Antechambers of India.’ Rocznik Orientalistyczny / The Yearbook of Oriental Studies LXXIII (1): 119–153.

2019. ‘Devil in the Details: Spink’s Imaginations, 1. Did the Aśmakas really destroy the front cells of Ajanta Cave 19?,’ Berliner Indologische Studien 24, 257–264.

2018. ‘Rock-cut architecture of western India, 1. Momentum 1. Origins of leṇa-cetiyagharas, ca. 120–300 CE,’ History Today, Journal of the Indian History & Culture Society, XIX, 216–231.

2016. ‘Ajanta: An Overview.’ In: Sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of the Indian Arts, Culture, and Heritage. http://sahapedia.org/ajanta-caves Accessed on 2 May 2017.

2016. ‘The Ajiṇṭhā Caves, Part I: Aspects of Historical and Political Background.’ In: Sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of Indian Arts, Culture, and Heritage (New Delhi: Sahapedia.org). Accessed on 1 May 2017. http://www.sahapedia.org/aji%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81-cavespart-i .

2016. ‘The Ajiṇṭhā Caves, Part II: Aspects of Anthropological and Sociological Background.’ In: Sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of Indian Arts, Culture, and Heritage (New Delhi: Sahapedia.org). Accessed on 1 May 2017. http://www.sahapedia.org/aji%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81-cavespart-ii .

With Singh, M. 2014. ‘Ajanta.’ In: Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd ed. Ed. Helaine Selin. (Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: Springer).

2012a. ‘The Early Development of the Cave 26-Complex at Ajanta,’ South Asian Studies 28.1 (London: BASAS and Routledge), 37-68.

2012b. ‘Buddhabhadra’s Dedicatory Inscription at Ajanta: A Review.’ In: Pratnakirti: Recent Studies in Indian Epigraphy, History, Archaeology, and Art, Professor Shriniwas S. Ritti Felicitation volume. 2 vols. Ed. Shriniwas V. Padigar and Shivanand V. (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan), vol. 1, pp. 34–46.

2009. ‘Enumerating the Sailagrhas at Ajanta,’ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai 82, 122-26.

2009. ‘Ajanta Cave 8: Historiography and Fresh Look at the First Mahayana Sailagrha,’ Jnana-Pravah Research Journal (Varanasi) 12, 68 - 80

2008/2009. ‘Some Problems in Fixing the Date of Ajanta Caves.’ In: Kalā, the Journal of Indian Art History Congress 14, Ed. R. D. Choudhury (Guwahati and Delhi: Indian Art History Congress and Sharada Publishing House), pp. 69-85.

2005. ‘The Writings of Stella Kramrisch: A Review of Reviews,’ Lalit Kalā [journal] 30 (New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi), 41-54.

2003. ‘Role of Stella Kramrisch in Indian Art History,’ East & West 53.14 (Rome: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente), 127-48.

DOCTORAL THESIS

2014. ‘Ajanta’s Antiquity: Sources and Problems.’ PhD thesis. Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda.

VIDEOS

2016. ‘Built spaces: Ajanta Caves: In conversation with Rajesh Singh.’ [Video interview] Sahapedia.org. https://www.sahapedia.org/ajanta-caves-history-and-practices . Accessed on 6 May 2017.

2016. ‘Built spaces: Monika Zin in conversation with Rajesh Singh on Ajanta cave paintings.’ [Video interview] Sahapedia.org. https://www.sahapedia.org/ajanta-cave-paintings. Accessed on 6 May 2017.

2016. ‘Built Spaces: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh in Conversation with Padmashree M. K. Dhavalikar.’ [Video interview] Sahapedia.org. https://www.sahapedia.org/interview-mkdhavalikar. Accessed on 6 May 2017.

2016. ‘Built Spaces: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh in Conversation with Naomichi Yaguchi.’ [Video interview] Sahapedia.org. https://www.sahapedia.org/conversation-naomichi-yaguchi . Accessed on 6 May 2017.

2016. ‘Built Spaces: Ajanta and the Vakatakas: Rajesh Kumar Singh in Conversation with Hans Bakker.’ [Video interview] Sahapedia.org. https://www.sahapedia.org/interview-mkdhavalikar. Accessed on 6 May 2017.

BOOKS REVIEWS ON MY WORKS

2021. Willemen, Charles. Book review. ‘Rajesh Kumar Singh, Khiṅgila vs. Buddhist Caves: A Synchronised Chronology of the Early Alchon Huns, Early Guptas, Vākāṭakas, Traikūṭakas, and Buddhist Caves. Hari Sena Press, Baroda, 2020a.’ Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 21, pp. 173–174.

2021. Willemen, Charles. Book review. ‘Rajesh K. Singh, Periodisation of Rock-Cut Monuments of India (2020b). Hari Sena Press, Baroda, 2020b,’ Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 21, pp. 171–172.

In press. Spink, Walter M. ‘The View from the Sikhara: Rejoinder to Rajesh Kumar Singh's Article,’ Berliner Indologische Studien / Berlin Indological Studies 25.

In press. J., Manuel. ‘Book Review of Periodisation of Buddhist Rock-cut Monuments of India by Rajesh Kumar Singh (2020b),’ Berliner Indologische Studien / Berlin Indological Studies 25.

Visvas, Anamika. 2015. ‘Review of An Introduction to the Ajanta Caves by Rajesh K. Singh,’ Purātattva 43 (New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society).

Bhalerao, Manjiri. 2017. ‘Review of An Introduction to the Ajanta Caves by Rajesh K. Singh,’ Journal of Asiatic Society of Mumbai 87.

Raghu, G. 2013 (2 June). ‘Spinkam-Singham,’ Mathrubhumi, Weekend Supplement. [Newspaper in Malayalam] Kochi.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020
    I purchased this book not on Amazon, but from a seller on Abebooks, an Amazon subsidiary. The book states that it is printed on demand, it is 'casebound', and does not state that it has been printed on acid-free paper. However, it seems quite sturdy, and the paper is evidently of good stock, fairly heavy weight, and it is matte-surfaced, which, for reproduction of artwork, I prefer to glossy.
    This publication truly delivers, exceeding expectations, on the author's promise to provide an accurate, thorough, and high-quality treatment of the narrative murals which survive at Ajanta.
    About the layout of the book and the compositions of the photographs (of the composition in the murals): Especially of import for the student of Ajanta artwork, as stated by the author, is to see the entire representation of the narrative on the wall, not just details and extreme close-ups of heads, such as have been sought by souvenir hunters in the past. Mr. Singh here leads us through his sequential documentation of all the narratives, giving wide-angle views followed by several sections, to illustrate each one. This allows us to see the details in their greater context; which context, the narrative, I must assume to have been the overarching concern of the designers. And it is the overall composition which carries the full impact of the artist's vision and achievement. Indeed, Mr. Singh's integrated presentation points up the fact that they were primarily concerned with the 'big picture'. And for them, that picture extended beyond the world of visual representation, to include religious and philosophical lore, ritual activity, social environment, etc., thus, Mr. Singh has provided an effective accompaniment to the paintings in his appendices, which include an exhaustive bibliography of textual sources that have been used for interpretation of the fragmentary scenes present on the walls.
    In summary, I would say that this is the very best resource, now available to the public, for appreciative study of Ajanta mural narrative in its artistically visual aspect, where Mr. Singh has given us quality and quantity together. The exposition is tasteful, and complete. For anyone with a deep interest in the representational work of Ajanta artists, here is the 'next level' ; this publication is not for the 'coffee-table tourist' ; you can see here excellent reproductions of Ajanta's walls with their unique painted stories.
    I for one, hope that more volumes of this caliber will be brought out by Mr. Singh, in continuation of the strong precedent which he has set here.
    Jeffrey, artist in America

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  • Deven Oza
    5.0 out of 5 stars A book full of high quality pictures with neat and tidy details
    Reviewed in India on November 24, 2017
    I bought the book out of my growing interest in Ajanta paintings and also for the purpose of reference for the project I am working on. I am pleasantly surprised to find all the information I wanted at one place in nicely arranged visuals accompanied by well organised details. There is not so much of information around about the paintings in Ajanta.

    I thank the author for putting a great deal of efforts in the book and making it available for the world. A must buy for all Ajanta fans and lovers!