Indian Sculpture c3.12

c3.12

While stylistical investigations are the basis of this book, they are considered as indispensable preliminaries only. A formalistic treatment and with its help a deductive demonstration of biological laws of evolution or periodicity are not attempted. Indian sculpture will be dealt with as conditioned by the Indian craftsman. His consciousness makes him known to himself as a part of nature and his work is the form of this ‘naturalism.’ Its degrees and aspects vary according to the levels of his consciousness.