The Colas c36.113

c36.113

Fig. 93. Daśaratha distributing *pāyasa* among his queens. From the same temple. Daśaratha, seated in the beautiful sit-at-ease posture, is in the attitude of pouring *pāyasa* from one vessel to another. He wears *jaṭāmakuṭa*, *kuṇḍalas*, other ornaments and a thick waistband. Two of his queens are seated in front of him while the third is seated behind him. Their postures, and their *koṇḍais* are interesting. The minister, is seen in the back-ground. That the tradition of doing sculpture in bas-relief with delicacy and beauty, as in earlier periods, was lingering on for a long time in South India is exemplified by this and other examples of this kind.