Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s6.9
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s6.9
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Another significant group of Mathura images is that of the Nāgas in an ancient tradition handed down from Bharhut and Sanchi but much elaborated at Mathura in association with the cult of Balarāma holding a club, a ploughshare, and a drinking cup. [Figs. 155-6]. These Balarāma statues marked by a vanamālā are somewhat tame in comparison to the pure Nāgarāja statues, e.g. Chargaon Nāga which is colossal and voluminous with vigorous coils on the two sides and a powerfully rolled girdle.