A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s1.33

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A second colossal female statue, 7 feet high, locally known as the Telin, or Oil-woman, exists within the walls of Besnagar. I do not quite understand Cunningham's description, and therefore abstain from quoting it or from attempting to fix the age of the work.² It is desirable that this image should be re-examined and photographed. Cunningham mentions the existence in his time at Besnagar of several other remarkable sculptures apparently of Maurya age, including a polished sandstone elephant with rider, which seem to merit careful illustration. No site appears to equal Besnagar in the number of sculptures dating from the Maurya period.