A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.24
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.24
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These so-called 'Bacchanalian' sculptures of Mathurā cannot be at all understood if considered by themselves. They evidently belong to a large class of Buddhist works of art, represented by the 'scènes bacchiques' of Gandhāra, which fill two plates of M. Foucher's book,² several reliefs on railing pillars at Mathurā, the 'Indian