The Hindu Temple v2.c12.318

v2.c12.318

“Śiva, who is joy (harṣa) is worshipped on the hill (called Harṣa) by the joyous divine host, Indra and the rest, who praised him” (verse 7 of Inscr. of the year corresponding to 970 A.D.; on the top of the hill called Harṣa; ‘Ep. Ind.’ II. p. 125; cf. ‘ASI, Western Circle’, 1910, p. 53). In the frieze of the drumming and dancing gods are Indra, seated on his elephant Airāvata; a warrior holding sword and shield, and an Apsarā. The movement sways and surges to either side of a standing god who holds a long lance and seems to have ushered in before Indra the warrior so that he becomes one of the dancers.