A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.21

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hand above his head, while his left grasps a cup similar in shape to that seen on the Pālī Khera block, but apparently without the curved handle. A garland of wild flowers is twined round his body, and he wears a high head-dress of ancient pattern. The pose of the youth is essentially the same as that of the female in the Woman and Tree motive, the garland taking the place of the stem of the tree. The worship of the Nāgas, the spirits of the waters, was much favoured by the ancient inhabitants of the Mathurā region.