Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c4.12

c4.12

Modern stone carving of Bengal is but a mere shadow of its former grandeur. Modern sculptors imitate the soulless hybrid schools of stone carving now prevalent at Benares and Jaipur and it has no connection in any direction with the ancient school of sculpture of Bengal. The Musalman kings of Bengal employed Hindu artists in decorating their Masjids and tombs, and the decorative motifs of the mihrābs of the Adina Masjid, the Eklakhi tomb and other splendid specimens of the pre-Mughal architecture of Bengal show a gradual assimilation of pre-Muhammadan styles into the Muhammadan; but that narrative is too long to be included in this monograph.