Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.69
Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.69
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The figure of Nṛtta-Gaṇapati shown on Pl. XVI, is found in the Hoysalēśvara temple at Haḷēbīḍu, the ancient capital of the Hoysaḷa kings. The construction of this temple is said to have been begun in the year 1121 A.D. in the reign of Viṣṇuvarddhana. Therefore the age of this sculpture may well be assigned to somewhere about the last quarter of the twelfth century. It is a very fine