[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Relief Panel # Relief Panel Frieze depicting a Saiva Gana. Ganas, the traditional attendants of the Hindu deity Siva, are recognizable by their obese and often coarse features. They are usually depicted at the base of structures, their squat figures providing Atlas-like support to the building above. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 695–804 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-145-1986](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-145-1986) · Pramāṇa