[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.s2.84 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.84 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.84 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.84) A relief of unknown origin in the local Mathurā Museum (Fig. 51) depicts in a strangely stiff and archaic wooden style the famous visit of Indra to Buddha seated in a cave. It should be contrasted with the very different treatment of the same subject by the Gandhāra school (\*post\*, Fig. 60). I hesitate to assign a date to the Mathurā version. The relief seems to be a direct copy of work in wood, and may be compared with the frieze from Chambā (Chap. X, Sec. 7, \*post\*). Dr. Vogel regards this work as a 'clumsy imitation' of Gandhāran art. The height is 1 foot 6 inches (Mathurā Museum, No. 11, \*Catalogue\*, pp. 31, 130). - [Previous: c9.s2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.83) - [Next: c9.s2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.85) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.84) · Pramāṇa