Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.296

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The King Devapâla was the third of the Pâla dynasty of Bengal, and reigned about the middle of the ninth century.¹ Further research among the sculptures scattered about Behar and Orissa might lead to the identification of Dhîmân's and Bitpâlo's work. It is interesting to find that there was a school of painting and metal work in Nepal founded on the work of these masters, for the examples of old Nepalese art in the Calcutta Art Gallery (Plates X., XIII., XVI.), may give an indication of their style. The beautiful Târâ in cast copper shown in Plate XVI. is exactly similar in style to a marble sculpture with an inscription attributed to the eleventh century, found at Uren, a famous Buddhist shrine and hermitage in the old Magadha country, rediscovered by Dr. Waddell.¹ It is now in the Ethnographic Museum, Berlin.