[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) › c9.30 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.30 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.30 - **Language:** English ### [c9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9.30) What wonderful descriptive power and truth of feeling there are in the lower panel of Plate XXXIII., where the dancer is performing before a prince, no doubt an incident in the early life of Buddha, when he was known as the Prince Siddhartha! How absorbed are the musicians in their accompaniment of the dance! They are only filled with the thought of doing their very best, of bringing from their instruments the sweetest and most harmonious sounds which might give pleasure to their lord. Most of the musicians have downcast eyes, one only—the farthest away—dares lift up her eyes to the throne. - [Previous: c9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9.29) - [Next: c9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9.32) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c9.30) · Pramāṇa