A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s8.1

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There can be no doubt that the art of carving ivory has been practised in India, the home of the elephant, for uncounted ages. For instance, the ancient drama, ‘The Little Clay Cart,’ composed, perhaps, in the fifth century of the Christian era, Plate LXXXII. Sandalwood carvings, Mysore and Travancore.