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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.57

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.57

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c11.s2.57

One example of the nude female, or Yakshī, on the pillar of an actual Jain railing, may be given (Fig. 95). She holds a weapon, which may be a broadsword of the old Indian kind.