A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.14

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distribution of his relics, as depicted in a long series of reliefs; but must pass on to another class of images, formerly described as 'kings' or 'royal personages', but now recognized as Bodhisattvas, or saints destined to become Buddhas. All considerable collections include specimens, and many have been published. The general character of the class is well illustrated by the fine statue in the Dames collection at Berlin (Fig. 63), which is one of the masterpieces of Gandhāran art, and appears to me to