[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c8.14 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c8.14 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c8.14 - **Language:** English ### [c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8.14) And then, as now, Siva’s followers climbed the steep Himalayan slopes, up through a paradise of tree and flower, above the dark forests of the mighty deodar, to the region of cloud and mist and eternal ice and snow; gazing there with awe on the shining glories of the silver mountain where the great god sat in sublime meditation. - [Previous: c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8.13) - [Next: c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8.15) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c8.14) · Pramāṇa