Description
Ellora attempts the first systematic overview of the Ellora cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site excavated between 600 CE and 1000 CE. It stands as the only cave temple site in the world that houses Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain caves together. This volume looks deeply at each of these three groups of rock-cut temples, tracing the stylistic influences they drew from each other and from surrounding regions.
Through essays and analyses by leading scholars, the book brings a comprehensive understanding of the chronology and architectural development of the 34 main caves as well as the lesser caves of the site. Making it a true collector’s visual delight, Ellora also includes extensive photographic documentation, ground plans, and rarely seen early 19th-century etchings of the most significant caves. It features Thomas Daniell’s hand-colored aquatints (based on James Wales’s drawings), Raja Lala Deen Dayal’s pioneering photographs, M.F. Pithawalla’s detailed watercolors, and James Burgess’s original plans created for the Archaeological Survey of India.
About the Authors & Contributors:
- Deepanjana Klein: Director (Acquisitions and Development) at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.
- Arno Klein: Director of Innovative Technologies at the Child Mind Institute in New York City.
- Stanislaw J. Czuma: George P. Bickford Curator Emeritus of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Nicolas Morrissey: Assistant Professor of Asian Art and Religion in the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art.
- Lisa N. Owen: Associate Professor at the University of North Texas.
- Vidya Dehejia: Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University.
- Pia Brancaccio: Professor of South Asian Art and Archaeology at the Università di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’, Italy.
Ellora: Cross-Fertilization of Style in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Cave Temples By Deepanjana Klein and Arno Klein
Book Specifications:
- Pages: 280 pages
- Illustrations: 206 photographs, 29 illustrations, 12 drawings, and a map
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 11.5” (241 x 292 mm), HC-PLC (Hardcover)
- ISBN: 978-93-85360-80-0
- Price: ₹4950 | $70 | £50
- Publication Date: Spring 2026
