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| Q. |
The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of - |
| A. | Ramayana |
| B. | Mahabharta |
| C. | Jataka |
| D. | Panchatantra |
| Answer» C. Jataka | |
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Explanation: The scenes depicted in the Ajanta paintings are mostly didactic, devotional, and ornamental, with scenes from the Jataka stories of the Buddha's former existences as a bodhisattva), the life of the Gautama Buddha, and those of his veneration. The two most famous individual painted images at Ajanta are the two over -life size figures of the protective bodhisattvas Padmapani and Vajrapani on either side of the entrance to the Buddha shrine on the wall of the rear. |
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