The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c45.2
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c45.2
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c45.2
Other objects of a similar nature are the *sati* stones which are found scattered about the country in small numbers. These commemorate the self-immolation of widows upon their husbands' funeral pyres. They are known at once from the representation of a bent arm and hand sculptured upon the face of the slab or projecting from one side of it. Sometimes there are also portraits of the man and his wife upon the stone.