[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933) › c8.41 # Indian Sculpture c8.41 Indian Sculpture c8.41 - **Language:** English ### [c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.41) 20. Same scene as in Fig. 17, on railing pillar, Bodhgayā. First half, first century B.C. The explicitly elaborated scene has dwindled down, and is substituted by a battlemented wall. Its arch-like recess, a compositional factor only, encompasses the easy flow of the kneeling and bowing attitude of Erāpata; no Nāga hood is shown to characterise him as their king; but a flying Kinnara with garland is added, a figure which is not specially connected with the scene. The subject matter is a pretext for experiments in linear and surface composition, just as Fig. 18 demonstrates systematically the manner of showing the reference of objects to each other. - [Previous: c8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.40) - [Next: c8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.42) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.41) · Pramāṇa