Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c5.45

c5.45

The principal characteristics of this school of sculpture have already been dealt with by Dr. J. Ph. Vogel who analysed the subject historically and scientifically for the first time.³ Sculptures carved by the artists of Mathurā have been found over a very large area, that is to say, as far south as Sanchi, in the Bhopal State; at Patna and Rajgir in Bihar, in the east; and Sahet-Mahet in the United Provinces, in the north. By far the largest number of sculptures of this school have been found at Mathurā itself and the majority of them are Jain, Buddhist sculptures being less numerous.