The Ajanta & Ellora connect

While on the craft study we paid a visit to the caves though it was a complete leisure activity until we notices some famous Paithini motifs like the Buddha, Munia and various border patterns repeatedly used in the caves in both sculpture and painting for, on further research we assimilated facts that connect the similarities due to a common past, being a craft of the same region the change in rulers defiantly affected the craft just as much as other things like architecture, culture etc. The Ellora connect is something that we had not heard before until we witnessed it and then enquired form the locals, there isn’t much that one could find about this in books and other resources the only place which even has a mention of this is in the records of archeological survey of India. Despite of being a very minute detail it did broadened our prospect and helped us reason out every little detail of the craft.

Budha and Munia in two different era caves completely depicts how with the change in reign effected the motifs also strengthens the fact that the craft has existed for hundreds of years an adapted with time.