A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.17
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.17
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Another piece of coping exhibits more strange beasts, and one of the Sunga inscriptions which fix the approximate date of the monument. The medallion below gives a picture of a more specially Indian fantasy, the *kinnara*, or horse-headed female (Fig. 38). A similar sculpture has been found near Patna.