[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.s2.93 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.93 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.93 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.93) In Southern India the amount of early sculpture as yet discovered is extremely small. The Bhattiprolu \*stūpa\* in the Guntūr District, Madras, dating from about 200 B. C., and utterly destroyed in recent times, is known to have been once surrounded by a marble screen and decorated with accessory sculpture. But all is gone, and when Mr. Rea explored the site, his researches, although rewarded by important inscriptions, disclosed no sculpture worth mentioning.³ - [Previous: c9.s2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.92) - [Next: c9.s2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.94) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Bhattiprolu Stupa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhattiprolu-stupa) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.93) · Pramāṇa