[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915) › c6.23 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c6.23 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c6.23 - **Language:** English ### [c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6.23) The fact that there are no references in Agastya's work to Jain or Buddhist images or to the canonized Saivaite saints, \*e.g.\*, Sundarar, Appar, Manikkavacagar and others who lived in times later than the 2nd century A.D., seems to suggest that his work must have been composed in the pre-Buddhist periods probably before the 4th century B.C. - [Previous: c6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6.22) - [Next: c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6.24) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c6.23) · Pramāṇa