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Cave 16, Ajanta
These two bracket figures from cave 16, a late-5th century painted vihara, illustrate the care that was lavished upon even the least significant decorations. Left, a flying couple (the woman's breasts are decorously covered, somewhat unusually for this type of figure). Right, a gana.
Incidentally, these and many other photos of Ajanta also demonstrate how the ubiquitous Indian motifs (flying couples, ganas, nagas, yakshas) are taken up in Buddhist, as well as Hindu and Jain, iconography.
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