[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) › c19.s3.12 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s3.12 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s3.12 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3.12) ‘Small butterflies and insects flitting from flower to flower are carved upon the panels. Upon the top of the cenotaph a \*qalam-dān\* or pen-box is sculptured, signifying that the tomb is a man’s, in distinction from a woman’s, which is generally provided with the \*takhtī\* or slate.’ ² - [Previous: c19.s3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3.11) - [Next: c19.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3.13) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s3.12) · Pramāṇa