Indian Sculpture c4.s2.2
Indian Sculpture c4.s2.2
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c4.s2.2
Most conspicuous amongst the scanty relics of the plastic art of that age are the colossal statues of Yakṣas and Yakṣīs and monumental animal figures. The latter, as a rule, form part of capitals of gigantic pillars; an elephant is carved out of the rock at Dhauli in Orissā,¹⁸ whereas a pair of griffins from Patna¹⁹ and a hooded serpent canopy²⁰ from Rājgir complete what is left of animal sculpture in stone of the Mauryan age.