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# A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.89

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.89

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### [c9.s2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.89)

The sculpture in the most ancient cave-temples of Western India, at Bhājā and Bedsā (Poona District), Pītalkhorā (Khāndesh District), and Kondānē (Kolābā District) offers little of aesthetic interest. The small five-celled hermitage at Bhājā, \[Figure: PLATE XIX. Portion of frieze in Rānī Gumphā Cave, Udayagiri, Orissa, ? 2nd cent. B. C.

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