A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s4.1

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The most important and characteristic examples of mediaeval sculpture in the west of India are to be found in the cave temples, which, small and great, number nearly a thousand. But for the purpose of illustration it will suffice to reproduce a few select specimens from the shrines at Bādāmī, Elūra (Ellora), and Elephanta, with two sculptures from temples of later date. The cave sculptures of interest range in date from the sixth to the eighth century. The best works in the structural temples may be assigned to the eleventh and twelfth centuries.