Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.82
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.82
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v2.c78.s2.82
**ŚRĪHARṢA.**—A profile writer, an erudite scholar and a great poet as Śrīharṣa was, it is but natural that his Naiṣadhīyacarita, a Mahākāvya teeming with encyclopaedic learning, must present a sufficient evidence to his knowledge of pictorial art, fully advanced by his time, the medieval Period of Indian history (11th or 12th century A. D.). Paintings on various mediums on diverse grounds is the traditional depiction, but mosaic decoration of the floor and a host of similar innovations are our additional information on the subject.