A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.2
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.2
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The small cave-temples in the Udayagiri hill near Besnagar in the Bhopāl State, Central India, one of which bears an inscription dated A. D. 401, contain much vigorous sculpture, described and illustrated by Cunningham. The 'Chandragupta Cave', with the dated inscription, is entered by a portal with bell-capital pilasters, each supporting a river goddess standing on a *makara* or conventional crocodile.