A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.18
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.18
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A larger statuette found near Peshāwar, and generally regarded as the most striking piece in the large collection of sculptures in the Central Museum, Lahore, represents a royal personage seated in European fashion on a throne, with his left foot on a footstool and his left hand grasping a spear, his attitude being obviously reminiscent of that of the Zeus of Phidias (Plate XXVIII). This notable figure, at one time believed to be the portrait of an Indo-Scythian monarch, is now recognized as Kuvera or Vaisravana, god of riches and king of the Yakshas, who played a very