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# A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.124

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.124

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### [c9.s2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.124)

One of the best Buddhas of early age is the now well-known image from the Toluvila ruins, Anurādhapura, represented \*in situ\* in Fig. 54, with a native seated beside it in exactly the same attitude. The photograph helps the European reader to realize the facts on which the forms of the canonical images are based.

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