[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917) › c5.s2.2 # The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s2.2 The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2.2) ¹ We allude to the golden \*purusha\* which formed a part of the altar of sacrifice (\*Çat.-Brahm.\*, 7, 4, I., 15) and to the effigy \*kṛitya\* of the magic rites (\*Ath. Veda\*, X, 1), etc. — For what is to be understood by the Gallic \*simulacra\* of Cæsar (\*Bell. Gall.\*, VI, 4), see the article of M. S. REINACH on \*L'art plastique en Gaule et le druidisme\* (\*Revue Celtique\*, t. XIII, 1892, pp. 190 sqq..), where are cited also corresponding testimonies of Herodotus (I, 131) and Tacitus (\*Germ.\*, IX) as to the non-existence of idolatry among the Persians and the Germans. - [Previous: c5.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2.1) - [Next: c5.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2.3) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.10.1) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.4.1.15) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5.s2.2) · Pramāṇa