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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s4.10

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s4.10

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c16.s4.10

images of Buddha have been frequently enshrined in the *dāgabas* of Ceylon.¹ Although the feet of the British Museum statuette are coarsely executed, the figure and hands are fairly well modelled. The style suggests the Gupta period, about A.D. 500.