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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s1.12

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s1.12

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period. The material is a black carboniferous shale, or clay slate, well adapted to the sculptor's purpose, and the twelfth century may be assigned as an approximate date. The Rājmahāl Hills, where this remarkable work was excavated, lie to the south of Monghyr, and, although outside the limits of Bihār, were doubtless subject to the Pāla rulers of that province.