War in Ancient India c6.s6.t2.21

c6.s6.t2.21

In the temple of Ankhor Vat, in Cambodia, the Kambojas who colonised it about the fourth century A.D. kept up the traditions of the Kashmir schools. The motifs in the various reliefs are stories and battle scenes as described in the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata.¹⁶² These are described in minute detail and with wonderful vigour. Perhaps they follow the technicalities of the Amarāvatī sculptures. Magic plays a prominent part in these reliefs. Indrajit showing the magical head of