Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ajanta Caves' has mentioned 'Trade' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| These foreigners may reflect the Sassanian merchants, visitors and the flourishing trade routes of the day. | WIKI |
| [281][284] These assumptions by colonial British era art historians, state Spink and other scholars, has been responsible for wrongly dating this painting to the 7th century, when in fact this reflects an incomplete Harisena-era painting of a Jataka tale (the Mahasudarsana jataka, in which the enthroned king is actually the Buddha in one of his previous lives as King) with the representation of trade between India and distant lands such as Sassanian near East that was common by the 5th century. | WIKI |
| International trade, growth of Buddhism | WIKI |
| Such murals, states Pia Brancaccio, suggest a prosperous and multicultural society in 5th-century India active in international trade. | WIKI |
| [287] These also suggest that this trade was economically important enough to the Deccan region that the artists chose to include it with precision. | WIKI |
| Additional evidence of international trade includes the use of the blue lapis lazuli pigment to depict foreigners in the Ajanta paintings, which must have been imported from Afghanistan or Iran. | WIKI |
| While scholars generally agree that these murals confirm trade and cultural connections between India and Sassanian west, their specific significance and interpretation varies. | WIKI |
| In contrast, Schlinghoff interprets the jars to be holding water, and ships shown as Indian ships used in international trade. | WIKI |