The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.57

c17.57

Some of the latest sculpture at Ajantâ is evidently done by ivory carvers, or goldsmiths, and Cellini's chisel never surpassed the beauty and finish of the bracket capitals from some of the college halls shown in Plate LII. In the lower figure of the plate the amalaka of the capital is converted into Lakshmî's jar of plenty—a favourite device in Indian medieval architecture—the legs of the Vedic altar being converted into floral devices growing out of this cornucopia.