A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.11

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The Indian Museum, Calcutta, possesses a remarkable group of Siva and Pārvatī (Km. 40) from Kosam in the Allahabad District, bearing an inscription dated a. d. 458–9. The consorts stand side by side, each with the right hand raised and the open palm turned to the front. The head-dress of the goddess is described as a most elaborate construction, which recalls that ‘of some Dutch women, and consists of a huge, transverse, comb-like ornament projecting beyond the side of the head, and terminating on both sides in large wheel-like ornaments, from the centre of which depends a large tassel. There are huge ear-ornaments and very massive bangles.’³