[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) › c11.s2.24 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.24) 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 - [Previous: c11.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.23) - [Next: c11.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.25) - [Up: c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.24) · Pramāṇa