Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s3.12
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s3.12
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4. Centaurs, Kinnara of Sanskrit literature with a horse's head joined to a human body (*Aśva-mukha*), or a human bust joined to a horse's body (*Purusha-vigraha*), both forms being popular in Indian art and literature. [Fig. 27].