A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s5.t1.16

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Two spirited bas-relief sculptures from Mysore territory, now in the Bangalore Museum, although too crude to rank as fine art, perhaps deserve passing mention. The first, on the Begūr stone, dating from about A.D. 934-8, gives a vivid picture of a battle between the force commanded by a chief mounted on an elephant and another led by a rival on horseback. The second, on the Ātakūr stone dated A.D. 949-50, commemorating a set fight between a mighty hound and a great boar in which both combatants were killed, represents an incident in the struggle, the hound having his teeth fixed in the boar's snout.² The design is better than the execution.