Indian Sculpture c8.136

c8.136

56–58. Sections from the architrave of Garhwā, near Allāhabād. Early fifth century. Provincial Museum, Lucknow. The figures take part in a procession in honour of Viṣṇu (Viśvarūpa). Affinities with Hellenic motifs may be seen in the contrapost of the standing flute-player in back view (Fig. 56), etc., and in the treatment of the garment of some of the figures (Fig. 57). While the contrapost had also attracted the interest of the artists in Veṅgī (p. 46), the rendering of the garment in the relief from Garhwā has been taken over from Mathurā.²¹²