Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.57
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.57
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c14.57
A special class of objects are the metallic trays in gold and silver found at all places in Gandhāra up to Central Asia and showing drinking and erotic scenes associated with the cult of Bacchus and drinking revelries of the Madraka-Yavanas in the spirit of utmost abundance. Stylistically they show Indian, Hellenistic and Sassanian features.