A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s4.30

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Certain other sculptures may be briefly mentioned. At the temple of the Sun at Thān in Kāthiāwār, images believed to date from the seventh century are described as being in high relief, almost detached, well proportioned and posed, with vigorous expression, and generally resembling the bold and heavy work of the cave-temples. The sandstone carvings of many deities at the Navalākhā temple of Sejakpur near Thān are praised as being ‘crisp’; and the full-length lions or griffins at the temple of Muni Bāva, south of Thān, resembling the *yālis* of Dravidian shrines, are an unusual feature in the west.² Mr. Cousens also mentions an image of Hari-Hara lying on the Purandhar Hill, Poona District, probably of the eleventh or twelfth century, as being richly designed and well carved, a fine example of the ‘best period of work’.³