Abstract
This article is a personal reflection based on the author's experience of visiting the Ajanta Caves in India and what they mean to the author -- as documents, as evidence, and as social and cultural heritage.
Highlights
On a recent trip to India, I visited the Ajanta cave complex in the western state of Maharashtra, which resonated strongly with me on both a personal and a scholarly level, and caused me to reflect on the discussion around documents and antelopes that continues to thrive, thanks to the Document Academy
The Ajanta caves are adorned with paintings and sculptures, and many are under a waterfall during some parts of the year
The site served as a monsoon refuge for wandering monks, and as a monastery, a studio, and a school for hundreds of years; each cave can be classified into a room for worship or a place of dwelling, but all were rooms for teaching and learning
Summary
Bhuva (2015) "Chasing the Antelopes: A Personal Reflection," Proceedings from the Document Academy: Vol 2 : Iss. 1 , Article 19. The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” - T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
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