2.9. The Vihara at Aurangabad: Missing Evidence -- 2.10. The Aurangabad Caves and the Ajanta Cluster: Agriculture, Trade, and Patronage Between the Satavahanas and the Ksatrapas -- ch. Three The Aurangabad Renaissance in the Fifth Century -- 3.1. The Hiatus -- 3.2. International Trade and the Elite Patronage of Buddhist Caves at the End of the Fifth Century CE -- 3.3. The Rebirth of Patronage at Aurangabad: Cave 3 -- 3.4. The Sculpture at Aurangabad: Outdoing the Models -- 3.5. Aurangabad and the Gupta-Vakataka Idiom -- 3.6. Aurangabad and the Northwest of the Indian Subcontinent -- 3.7. The Buddha in the Monasteries at Aurangabad and Ajanta -- 3.8. Mahayana at Aurangabad -- 3.9. The Diffusion of Mahayana at Kanheri: A Coastal Phenomenon? -- ch. Four Buddhist Practice at Aurangabad in the Sixth Century -- 4.1. Cave 2 at Aurangabad: Votive Imagery, Mahayana and the Laity -- 4.2. The Squatting Goddess in Cave 2 Votive Panels
4.3. The Bodhisattvas in Cave 2: The Stupa in the Crown -- 4.4. The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara in Cave 2 -- 4.5. Early Kalacuri Patronage in the Western Deccan -- 4.6. Saivism, the Pasupatas, and their Impact on Buddhism in the Western Deccan -- 4.7. Cave 5 at Aurangabad: The Return of the Padmasana Buddha in the Main Shrine -- ch. Five The Eastern Group of Caves -- 5.1. Astamahabhaya Avalokitesvara: A Traditional Mahayana Icon in Cave 7 -- 5.2. Emergence and Triumph of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani at Aurangabad from Cave 2 to Cave 6: Moving Towards Vajrayana? -- 5.3. Cave 7 Mandapa: Magic and Protective Deities -- 5.4. Female Deities in Cave 7 -- 5.5. The Shrine of Cave 7: The Dancing Vidya -- 5.6. Cave 9 -- 5.7. Colossal Parinirvana and Four-Armed Avalokitesvara in Cave 9 -- 5.8. A Cave for the Saptamatrkas, Ganesa, and the Buddha -- ch. Six Summary and Conclusion
