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# South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c9.20

South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c9.20

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### [c9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.20)

between the 9th and 13th centuries. In many of the four-armed figures of Siva at Mamallapuram, \*e.g.\*, those on the left niche of the Dharma-raja-Ratha (609-645 A.D.) we find the conceptions of the type of Saivaite figures which are undoubtedly the forerunners of many of the images of the Chola school.

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## Cites (1)

- [Dharmaraja Ratha](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.dharmaraja-ratha)

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