[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) › c8.21 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.21 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.21 - **Language:** English ### [c8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.21) The \*tāla\*, the measure of the face, is sub-divided into \*tāla\*. 12 parts each represented by one \*angula\*. The lowest unit being \*anus\* or the atoms which are seen in a ray of sunlight streaming through a crevice. The units of measurements which appear to be the same in all the South Indian texts may be thus tabulated :— - [Previous: c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.20) - [Next: c8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.22) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.21) · Pramāṇa