History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c19.s3.3
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c19.s3.3
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c19.s3.3
The Bhūbharā temple has been subjected to modern vandalism. The glorious door with its jambs and sculptures has been removed; that is, the temple has been practically demolished; and the parts have been taken to the Indian Museum at Calcutta and to Fort Uch-harā, where numerous parts have been fortunately saved and preserved by Lal Saheb M.-Kumāra Bhārgavendra Singh, President of the Council of Nagod. But they are lying scattered. The exquisite face-lingam is lying uncared for in the jungle within a shrine which has been rendered tottering by the removal of the massive door and the sculptures which faced and lined the sides.¹ This link between Bharahut and the revived Hindu plastic art has been subjected to a fate worse than Bharahut.