Another attempt to make copies of the murals was made by the Japanese artist Arai Kampō ( 荒井寛方 : 1878 – 1945 ) after being invited by Rabindranath Tagore to India to teach Japanese painting techniques . He worked on making copies with tracings on Japanese paper from 1916 to 1918 and his work was conserved at Tokyo Imperial University until the materials perished during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Ajanta Caves