Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c6.73

c6.73

III. The third class of inscriptions consists entirely of religious formulæ; usually the Buddhist creed Ye dhammā hetuprabhavā, etc., is to be found on the majority of Buddhist images. Images with ordinary votive inscriptions which do not contain the name of the reigning sovereign and the date as well as those inscribed with religious formulæ, form the majority of the specimens of the Eastern School discovered up to date. Among these inscribed specimens, those from Bihar preponderate. Of the specimens from Bengal proper only about ten per cent are inscribed.