The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.91

c18.91

² But, as stated in the footnote on page 34 *ante*, if R. P. Jayaswal's view is correct that the two highly polished 'Śaiśunāka' statues, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, are those of Udaya and Nandivardhana, and the Parkham statue likewise is that of Ajātaśatru, it is clear that India possessed a matured art of sculpture in stone several centuries before the Mauryan period, and that we have here specimens of statues of far greater antiquity than the statue of Kanishka, which has hitherto ranked as the oldest known statue in India.