South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c6.20

c6.20

The manuscript itself is in very corrupt form, full of mistakes and gaps, but there is no doubt that it contains matters which represent the art practices of South Indian sculptors at or about the time when Agastya introduced the system of Aryan sculptors into South India. The descriptions or *lakhanas* of the sixteen forms of Siva given in this work as a sort of a guide to future artists show that Saivaism had already taken a definite shape with its rich and varied iconography which has suggested so many splendid subjects to the South Indian artists.