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the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. The detailed records of the devastation wrought at Kanauj, Mathurā, Benares, and many other notable cities fully justify the assertion that the buildings and monuments destroyed must have been numbered by thousands. Mediaeval sculpture, consequently, is scarce in the territories strongly held by the Musalman powers.¹ The more considerable remains are to be found only in regions lying remote from the track of the Muslim armies, such as Khajurāho in the Chhatarpur State of the Central India Agency, and the more inaccessible parts of Rājputāna and the Central Provinces.