Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.46
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.46
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bells below is a high watermark of Bharhut decorative art. Amongst fabrics we have specimens of scarves bearing floral designs and also female *sārīs*. In several of the meandering creepers of the Kalpalatā motif jack fruits and mango fruits are depicted, the former as containers of wine (*madhu*) and the latter of lac dye for painting the feet of ladies (*lākṣārāga*) as referred to by Kālidāsa. Kālidāsa has given a graphic picture of the wishfulfilling trees growing in the capital of the Yaksha king: