Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c16.s1.t3.4

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The Maurya Historic Gallery, or Archaeology Gallery, has a number of stone sculptures of the snake-god couple. The figures have a human head and a snake body, with upper body hugging each other and the lower part twisted together, similar to but more complicated than Chinese drawing of Fuxi and Nuwa. Some works have a simple snake body while some have a twining one. The carving is so delicate that each scale of the sculpture is evident. The Museum is said to have some Central Asian objects discovered by Hungarian-British archaeologist and geographer, Sir Aurel Stein.