The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.64

v1.c9.64

"It is almost exclusively subjects of mythology which engage Indian sculpture. A simple representation of actual life seems almost entirely lacking. How should art be inspired to delineate the circumstances of daily existence, when, according to the teaching of the Brāhmins, the world was only to be regarded as a dream of Brahmā's or the production of Māyā (delusion), and when, moreover, by the assumption of an endless transmigration of souls, the value of each individual creature became illusory? Equally little can we