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It is then plastered with a thin layer of white
plaster. On this polished dry surface, the

frescoes were painted. This method is called
the 'Tempera' or ' Fresco Secco'. Among the

colours used in Ajanta paintings are red, black,
white, yellow, blue and green. These colours

are made by themselves using local ingredients
except blue. The blue coloured mineral is

believed to have been obtained from Persia.
Women Paintings in Ajanta Caves

Upeksha Gamage
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
Department of History & Archaeology
University of Ruhuna

Plan of Vihara Cave 01

''Nothing in all world is more dangeroñ than sincere ignorance and

conscientious stupidity''

Martin Luther King Jr