Indian Sculpture c5.s3.t2.39

c5.s3.t2.39

The cave reliefs of Elephanta (eighth century), on the other hand, are flawless in their elemental dimension. They are the last word the Dekkhan had to say artistically, while it spent itself in this attainment. Fulfilment of the promise contained in Bādāmī, their cosmical and earthborn grandeur is coined with the precision of an age that bears the stamp of the final (Figs. 79, 82; see also Nāsik, p. 72, Fig. 69).