The Colas c36.40
The Cōḷas c36.40
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c36.40
Fig. 32. Cōḷamādēvī. Bronze. Kāḷahasti, Chittoor District. The figure stands in the *tribhaṅga* pose on *padmāsana*. Wears elaborately worked ornaments and dress. *Dhammilla* head-dress, realistic lotus bud in her hand, the tasselled *kēyūra* and *vājībandha* are interesting. It is intended to be a portrait of a great Cōḷa queen of the 11th century A.D.