[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933) › c4.s2.2 # Indian Sculpture c4.s2.2 Indian Sculpture c4.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.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. - [Previous: c4.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c4.s2.1) - [Next: c4.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c4.s2.3) - [Up: c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c4.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c4.s2.2) · Pramāṇa