A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s4.5
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s4.5
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² The casket or reliquary is described and engraved in *Ariana Antiqua*, p. 53, Pl. III, and Foucher, *L'Art gréco-bouddhique du Gandhāra*, p. 51, Fig. 7; and also by Birdwood, *Industrial Arts of India*, Pl. I. An open lotus is neatly incised on the bottom. The pilasters of the tope or *stūpa* were plain, quasi-Doric, with arches enclosed in double lines of mouldings, a clear indication of early age.