A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.61
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.61
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The capitals of the gate-posts of the northern gateway, the next in date, exhibit four elephants standing back to back, and carrying riders. Those of the eastern gateway (Plate XVI) are similar. On the capitals of the latest gateway, the western, four hideous dwarfs, clumsily sculptured, take the place of the elephants or lions (Plate XVII, Fig. A).²