The Development of Hindu Iconography c16.30

c16.30

¹ J. P. H. Vogel, op. cit., p. 42, Pl. V(a) and (b). Vogel emphasises the spirited attitude of the standing Nāga with his raised right arm (left broken, probably the hand held a cup). The inscription engraved on the back of the image shows that it was originally set up at a tank during Huvishka's time (year 40 of the Kanishka Era). The Kukargam Nāga image also reproduced by Vogel (op. cit., Pl. VIb) has the upper part much better preserved; the cup in the left hand and the raised right hand are in tact (is the right hand in the abhaya pose?), The Nāga appears to wear a vanamālā.