Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.159
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.159
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Plate XII. is from a colossal standing figure, unfortunately mutilated, on the terrace of the Ruanweli dagoba at Anuradhapura, Ceylon. Popular tradition describes it as a statue of the King Datha Gâmani (b.c. 161-137) who built the dagoba, but, if this is correct, the statue was certainly of a later date; not a contemporary portrait, but an idealised, traditional representation of the king as a Buddhist saint, or Arhat.