A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.29
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.29
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Numerous Hindu temples dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and apparently built by and for Tamil invaders, exist at Polonnāruwa, and naturally supply many sculptures. The art is not high class, but one small image of a goddess, presumably Pārvatī (Fig. 184), is shown for comparison with the bronzes to be described in the next section.