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# South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.81

South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.81

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### [c8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.81)

The three horizontal lines in very common use also illustrated in the diagram (figure 1) are the \*Hikkā Sutra\*, \*Vadra Sutra\* and the \*Kati Sutra\*. Sutra literally means a thread-line.

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