The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.198

c9.198

Here we restrict ourselves to noting the general disposition of the stele in the form of a *vihâra* (cf. ibid., pp. 129 and 138), the fitting of the tenon into the mortise at the base (*ibid.*, p. 191), the little columns in the Persepolitan or Corinthian style (*ibid.*, pp. 227 and 234), the dog-tooth ornaments, the balconies with figures of women in the different compartments (*ibid.*, pp. 223-224), the Cupid garland-bearers of the lower framework (*ibid.*, pp. 239-240), the lion-headed brackets similar to those of plate XXV, 2, etc.