A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s2.7
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s2.7
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The sculptures in the Bāgh caves, Gwālior State, until recently known only through drawings prepared for Dr. Burgess, have now been photographed by Major Luard. The best images, representing Buddha, or possibly a Bodhisattva, with two attendants, are the southwestern group in the Gosāin's Cave, No. II. The style connects them with the Gupta rather than the mediaeval period, and especially with the sculptures in Cave IX, Ajantā (Fig. 123). They may have been executed in the seventh century. The pose is easy and the modelling good.¹