Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.t3.8
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.t3.8
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Inner Face—Visit of Indra to the Buddha in the Indraśaila cave. In the upper part of the panel is an artificial cave resembling in its façade many Buddhist shrines hewn in the rocks of western and central India. In front of the door is the throne which marks the presence of the Buddha. The animals, including human-faced rams, peering out from among the rocks serve to indicate the wildnesss of the spot. Below is the company of Indra in attitudes of worship; Indra himself being probably represented twice, first as the principal figure in the foreground and then with his back to the spectator, against the rocks.