A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.22

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The recent excavations at Sahrī-Bahlol have yielded another figure of the throned Kuvera with the goddess Hārītī as his consort seated beside him (Fig. 64), which is one of the most delicately modelled works of the Gandhāra school, and is presumably of early date. Hārītī, in one of her aspects, was the protector of children from the dangers of epidemics. A standing figure from Sikri (Fig. 65) presents her in the same aspect of her character, but posed in quite another fashion. The clever and unusual treatment of the drapery may be noted.