A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.1
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.1
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The most distinctly Hellenistic sculpture from Mathurā is the mutilated group, 2 feet 5 inches high, known as 'Herakles (Hercules) and the Nemean lion', discovered by Cunningham serving a lowly purpose as the side of a cattle-trough, and now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (Fig. 79).