[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c10.s2.18 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.18) 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 - [Previous: c10.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.17) - [Next: c10.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.19) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.18) · Pramāṇa