Studies in Indian Art c12.s13.65
Studies in Indian Art c12.s13.65
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c12.s13.65
AGNI. In the Pañchāla coins of Agnimitra we always find a deity with a halo of flames. He is depicted on the Kushāṇa coins as an Iranian deity under the name of Athso. No image of the early Kushāṇa period has been found but there are several Gupta sculptures showing Agni as a Brāhmanical deity with a halo of flames round the body and also with jaṭājūṭa, a beard, Yañjopavīta, pot-bellied and holding amṛtagaṭa in the right hand.