[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c14.s2.55 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.55 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.55 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.55) In the sixth-century Cave XVII, the charming floral designs combined with human figures on the panels of the pillars (Griffiths, Pl. 144-9) are closely related to the slightly earlier sculptured work on the Garhwā pillars in Northern India (\*ante\*, p. 166). The \*kīrtimukha\* grinning faces in Plate 146 recall sculptural forms common in Ceylon. As chaste decoration it would be difficult to surpass the frets in Griffiths, Plates 143 and 149. - [Previous: c14.s2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.54) - [Next: c14.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.56) - [Up: c14.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.55) · Pramāṇa