Indian Sculpture c5.s3.t1.60

c5.s3.t1.60

Later on the rock-cut reliefs of Nāsik, cave xvii, on the other hand, give to Buddhist sculpture in the Dekkhan of the eighth century a subtlety to which only this age dares to aspire (Fig. 69). While the entire appearance of the figures is thinned and stretched, the purity of their outlines is disciplined by its own sway.