Indian Sculpture c5.s3.t1.61

c5.s3.t1.61

To come back to the sixth century, the carved slabs from Aihoḷe,¹¹³ while in some respects closely related to the Bādāmī reliefs, stand midway between contemporary Gupta sculpture and that—although hitherto scarcely known—of the south; the high attainment at this phase of classical sculpture lifts even the lesser work to its own level. (Ceiling slab of Viṣṇu, flying couples on two slabs, etc.)¹¹⁴