Figure of Karttikeya (Figure of Kārttikeya)

Relief fragment showing Skanda-Kārttikeya mounted on a peacock. The god is quite frontal with a distinct hairline and what looks like a pair of curls and a parting over the forehead and, above a beaded diadem, an apparently double-looped chignon secured with what seems a length of hair widening as it passes over the …

Kind

artefact

Date

300–499 CE