The Development of Hindu Iconography c7.50
The Development of Hindu Iconography c7.50
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c7.50
Nāgas and Nāginīs in early Indian literature, 344-47; textual descriptions of the Nāga and Nāginī types of images, 347-48; Elāpatra and Cakravāka Nāgarājas at Bharhut, 348; Nāga images from the Mathura region, 349; Nāga and Nāginī figures of the Gupta and post-Gupta periods, as accessories to the higher cult-deities, 349, or, as principal deities, 350.