Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.238
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.238
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Plate XXIV. is a fine fragment from the Das Avatâra cave at Ellora, the temple of the followers of Vishnu, whose cult is the principal modern rival to that of Siva. Artistically the Vaishnavites may be said to be the inheritors of the old Buddhist traditions in India, for the principal icon of the Saivaites is now reduced to a simple emblem, the *lingam*.