History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.51

v2.c46.51

scroll works at the two ends and centre showing heads of human figures. In the intervening spaces between the scroll work are seen two recumbent female figures in graceful pose and symmetrically placed."¹ I have not seen a more glaring instance of a mistaken and misleading description from the pen of a man very well qualified to speak on the subject. Though the late Mr. Ganguly spent a long time in studying the temple of Mukteśvara, he appears to have missed the best ornament on the arch of the Toraṇa, the bizarre arabesque on the top, which is one of the most wonderful productions which the Oṛiyā artist ever conceived.