A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.6
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.6
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The extreme conventionalism of Jain art is well illustrated by the fact that, whereas all the three colossi are substantially identical, save for the smile at Yenūr, the dates vary widely. The Sravana Belgola statue owes its existence to the piety of the minister Chamunda Rāya, who erected it about a. d. 983; while the Kārkala image was consecrated in a. d. 1432, and the Yenūr one as late as 1604. The character of all three, and of most standing Jain statues, except for certain varying minor accessories, is sufficiently indicated by Plate LIII, representing the Kārkala image.¹