History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.33
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.33
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The first class of medallions are exactly similar to the exquisite medallions of the Chaitya-windows discovered by the writer at Bhumra in the Nagod State,² and by Rai Bahadur Pandit Daya Ram Sahni at Deogaḍh in the Jhansi district. The second class can be subdivided into many varieties. In certain cases the upper projection is connected with the lower end but in certain other cases it is divided into two parts as at Sarnath by a sunken panel. It is only by the grossness of the figures in the medallion and the absurdly low relief of the chaitya-windows that we can be sure of the fact that this class of carving is much later than the Gupta period proper. This is the last use of the pure Gupta form of the chaitya-window in Orissa.