The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s8.17
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s8.17
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³ The circular object round the divine figure cannot be taken to be a halo, for the latter is usually around the face or head only. It is only in the late Pāla period, that Vishnu images in Bengal begin to show a halo around the entire figure, but they have four and not two hands.