The famous Bagh caves are located on the banks of the Baghini river ( a tributary of the Narmada river), in district Dhar of Madhya Pradesh. There are nine rock cut caves, 150 feet above the river bed.

• The main caves have a quadrangular plan and consist of a vihara or central hall with a stupa filled sanctum in the rear, forming a small chaitya griha or chapel. The sides have small cells for the monks while the facade is a colonnaded portico. Generally speaking, the Bagh caves have affiliations with the contemporary caves of Ajanta and Pitalkhora, albeit with distinctions.
  The paintings of Bagh are executed in tempera. The ground prepared was a reddish-brown gritty and thick mud plaster, laid out on the walls and ceilings. Over the plaster lime-priming was done, on which these paintings were executed. Analyzing the technique of the paintings, Marshall writes: "At Bagh as at Ajanta, the paintings are done in tempera, not, as has often been stated in fresco, and the processes and colours employed at both places seem to have been the same".
  The task of making copies of the valuable but fast fading paintings on the Buddhist caves at Bagh was undertaken, and a greater portion of it carried out, in the year 1920. Later the work fell into abeyance as suitable artists were not available to complete it. Fortunately Capt. W.E. Gladstone Solomon the Principal of J.J. School of Arts, Bombay, who took special interest in ancient Indian Paintings, deputed Messrs Bhonsle and Apte, two of his students to complete the Bagh Paintings. These artists assisted by Mr. Bhand, a promising student of Gwalior, were able to make water colour copies of the remaining figure paintings and complete the floral and geometrical decoration. Some of the most magnificent paintings were on the walls of the verandah of cave No.4.
  
  The Bagh paintings depict the life of inmates of monastries and of the Generals and Kings that patronized them. However, the paintings had a religious function too. This explains the general solemn tone and dignity of the figures and the sobriety of the overall effect.
  The Gujari Mahal Museum, Gwalior and State Museum, Bhopal are the only places, where valuable· copies of the original paintings can still be seen with their unique beauty and freshness.

Celestial Damsels with musical instruments
Seated Buddha, Dharmachakra Mudra
Lady with musical instruments
Bodhisattva
The Celestial Damsel
The final emancipation of Nanda: Nanda Preaching in Kapilvastu