Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.2
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.2
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The site was discovered in 1926 and fortunately being situated in the midst of hills and forests had escaped human spoliation. According to Longhurst excavations (1927-31), the discoveries included a number of ruined monasteries, apsidal temples, Stūpas, inscriptions, coins, relics, pottery, statues and over four hundred magnificent bas-relifs in the Amaravati style and belonging to the same period. These are now Fig. 213 stored in a local museum and this collection of sculptures and statues is the largest and finest ever made in southern India.