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Ajanta Cave 16 is especially famous for which painting?

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Ajanta Cave 16 is especially associated in standard art-history accounts with the celebrated painting known as the Dying Princess, admired for its emotional expression and fluid line. Contemporary inscriptions and coins are especially useful for royal genealogy, conquests, offices, titles and religious affiliation. Padmapani and the Mahajanaka narrative are commonly associated with Cave 1, while the Persian Embassy is linked in older identifications with Cave 1 and is not the answer here.

AThe Dying Princess
BBodhisattva Padmapani
CMahajanaka Jataka
DThe Persian Embassy
Correct Answer: The Dying PrincessYour Answer: A

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Correct answer: The Dying Princess. Ajanta Cave 16 is especially associated in standard art-history accounts with the celebrated painting known as the Dying Princess, admired for its emotional expression and fluid line. Padmapani and the Mahajanaka narrative are commonly associated with Cave 1, while the Persian Embassy is linked in older identifications with Cave 1 and is not the answer here.

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