A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s1.15

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Great numbers of detached heads, made sometimes of stucco and sometimes of terra-cotta, have been found, varying in dimensions from tiny objects two or three inches high to life size. These heads, as various in character as in dimensions, are often of high artistic merit. One mode of their use is explained by an observation of Masson, who noted that at Hidda, near Jalālābād, in the upper Kābul valley,