The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.76
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.76
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10. (The drawing is missing in L.). Thus the following panel shows us the nun Çailâ preaching from the height of a throne to the king and four of his wives, who are seated on the ground (pl. XXXVIII, 1). Behind her a servant seems to be ordering three armed guards to forbid anyone to enter the harem during the sermon. It will be noticed that — doubtless from modesty — the nun and, in a general way, the women are seated with their legs bent under them, and not crossed in the same manner as those of the monks and the men (¹).