[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.s2.34 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.34 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.34 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.34) The rather immodest females adorning many of the pillars were supposed by Cunningham to be dancing-girls, an opinion certainly erroneous. They appear rather, as argued by Dr. Vogel, to belong to the Yakshī class, like the somewhat similar figures of the Bharhut rail (\*ante\*, p. 74). Some of the figures are really meant to be naked, but in others the apparent nudity is merely an artistic convention. The female \[Figure: FIG. 86. Two Yakshīs (?); Indian Museum. - [Previous: c11.s2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.33) - [Next: c11.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.35) - [Up: c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Bharhut](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bharhut) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c11.s2.34) · Pramāṇa