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Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.44

Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.44

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c12.s2.t1.44

On the Bharhut Stūpa the Kalpavṛiksha is a recurrent theme of decoration as illustrated by Cunningham on plates XXXIX-XLVIII. These show various ornaments like ear-pendents of the prākāra vapra-kuṇḍala type [Fig. 69 a], earrings of Triratna design [Fig. 69 b], collars, necklaces, girdles, wristlets, spiral finger-rings, spiral anklets [Fig. 69 c]. A beautiful armlet with triple rosettes above and a row of small pendent