[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.s2.26 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.26 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.26 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.26) The railing, constructed after the usual pattern, in a highly developed form, was extremely massive, the pillars being 7 feet 1 inch in height, and each of the coping stones about the same in length. The sculptures of the coping were devoted mainly to the representation of incidents in the \*Jātakas\*, or tales of the previous births of the - [Previous: c9.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.25) - [Next: c9.s2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.27) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.26) · Pramāṇa