Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.1

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The highest perfection of Mathura art is seen in the carving of its railing comprised of uprights, cross-bars and copings, all of which were ornamented with decorative motifs and designs showing great originality and a richness greater than even that at Bharhut. Here the artists have accepted some of the older motifs specially of those of the variety of lotuses and also introduced many new ones specially those of fabulous creatures, and fish-tailed sea-monsters.