[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) › c12.s2.24 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s2.24 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s2.24 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2.24) have had occasion often to note the skill shown by Indian artists in modelling the flexible, feminine hands characteristic of the higher Hindu castes. The smooth, tight-fitting robe of the Buddha (Fig. 125) resembles that seen in the Sārnāth stone sculptures of the Gupta period, and I am disposed to assign the objects illustrated to either the fifth or the sixth century.¹ - [Previous: c12.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2.23) - [Next: c12.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2.25) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Sārnāth](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sarnath) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c12.s2.24) · Pramāṇa