[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) › c9.s2.17 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.17) 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. - [Previous: c9.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.16) - [Next: c9.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.18) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.17) · Pramāṇa