Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s14.17

c12.s14.17

here too the main argument rests on the glossy polish of the stone. To try to date terracottas on stylistic grounds alone is often dangerous as has so convincingly been shown by Kramrisch and Gordon; the items under No. 10 and Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, I shall have occasion to refer to and discuss at a later stage.