History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.42

v1.c19.s4.42

As stated above, we have on this rath many of the gods of the Hindû Pantheon, but in forms more subdued than are to be found elsewhere. The one extravagance is that they generally have four arms—never more—to distinguish them from mortals; but none of those combinations or extravagances we find in the caves at Elûrâ, Elephanta, and elsewhere. It is the soberest and most reasonable version of the Pantheon yet discovered, and, consequently, one of the most interesting, as well probably, as the earliest.¹