[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.s2.37 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.37 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.37 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.37) the days when Buddhism flourished than it has ever been since. The first medallion selected for illustration is a very funny picture of a tooth being extracted from a man’s jaws by an elephant pulling a gigantic forceps; and the second (Fig. 42) is nearly equally humorous. The stories alluded to are presumably traceable somewhere in a \*Jātaka\*. - [Previous: c9.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.36) - [Next: c9.s2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.38) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.37) · Pramāṇa