The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.225

c9.225

Above the head of the central Buddha, which is of disproportionate size, between the crown borne by the two winged genii and the ornamental garlands, are interposed four *Kimnaras* (cf. *Art g.-b. du Gandh.*, p. 212), two of whom hold up the handle of a parasol. The two Buddhas of the upper angles, instead of being placed under *ædiculæ*, as in plate XXV, 1, are sheltered by parasols and aureoled with standing Buddhas (cf. above, p. 172) ; a third little Buddha, in conversation with a devotee, by his attitude reminds us very much of one of those on plate XXVII.