Indian Sculpture c8.15

c8.15

Attempts at adjusting the treatment of the garment to that of the body are twofold. Where the latter does not cling to the body it is given a volume of its own; otherwise it is invisible, but for the parallel ridges of ‘folds.’ These occur again in the treatment of the robe of the Buddha, in the Kuṣāṇa period, Mathurā.¹⁶⁹ Prototypes from Gandhāra or Bāmiyān need not be sought for this. In eastern India, a related treatment of the garment is valid in Pāla and Sena sculptures.¹⁷⁰