A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s3.28
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s3.28
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A beautifully wrought figure of Vishnu in the Mathurā Museum, about 26 inches in height, and presumably produced in the local workshops (Fig. 150), may be compared with the Konārak Vishnu (*ante*, Fig. 142). The two images, while largely in agreement, differ in a multitude of details.¹ The Mathurā figure, which evidently is ancient, is not likely to be later than the tenth century, the temples of the city having been burnt by Mahmūd of Ghaznī at the close of A.D. 1018.