A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.32
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.32
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A favourite form of architectural decoration is the *makara-toraṇa*, or 'dragon-arch', composed of scrolls proceeding from the mouths of conventional *makaras*, or crocodile-dragons. Fig. 185 gives a good example from the Vijayārāma monastery, Anurādhapura, dating probably from the eighth century. A later Chalukyan specimen has been illustrated (*ante*, p. 230, Fig. 165).