[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.s2.2 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.2 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.2) The hero grasps the beast with his left arm, and presumably threatened it with a club in the missing right hand. He is nude, except for a skin hung behind his back, and fastened by the paws round his neck. He is fairly well modelled in a way that suggests Greek reminiscences, but the lion, so far as can be seen, is a poor, feeble creature. - [Previous: c11.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.1) - [Next: c11.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.3) - [Up: c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.2) · Pramāṇa