TABLE OF CONTENTS Ajanta and Buddhism Andre Bareau 7 General view and plan of the site .. 16 The Buddhist Paintings of Ajanta Amina Okada 21 GROTTO-MONASTERY I . 45 The Assault of Mara Sibi Jataka A Monk at the Door of a Palace Champeya Jataka A Court Scene A Palace Scene Sankhapala Jataka Mahajanaka Jataka The Indian Ideal of Feminine Beauty ..89 The Beautiful Bodhisattva and The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Buddha in Various Attitudes The Notion of Landscape in Ancient Indian Art .. 117 GROTTO-MONASTERY II .. 119 The Birth of Buddha Devotees with Offerings Buddha in Various Attitudes Vidhurapandita Jataka A Thousand Buddhas Buddha in Tusita Heaven Composition and Continuous Narrative in Indian Art 153 GROTTO-MONASTERY XVII .. 155 The Seven Manusi Buddhas and Maitreya A Prince Distributing Alms The Divine Indra Apsara The Story of Nalagiri, the Furious Elephant Rahula Presented to Buddha Hamsa Jataka Simhala Avadana A Princess at her Toilette Matrposaka Jataka Scenes of Buddha Preaching Visvantara Jataka Scenes of Animal Life Returning to Ajanta .. 209 Jean-Louis Nou Bibliography .216