Abstract
This chapter showcases a memorable aspect of M.N. Deshpande’s years as Superintendent Archaeologist based in Aurangabad, when he escorted Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his friend, Lady Edwina Mountbatten to Ajanta and Ellora. What was involved in getting historic cave sites ready for such high profile visitors, at what point of time in Nehru’s career did this visit materialize, how can the importance of India’s past in general and Ajanta in particular the life of the Prime Minister be explained and how did Deshpande act as the primary ‘sutradhara’ there are some of the themes that it looks at. The rapport that the archaeologist shared with the prime minister is best captured in the photographs of this visit, published here for the first time, which form part of the Deshpande archives.
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