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________________ ADDENDA 317 Page 227 : Add in 776 A.D. P. 269 Ajanţă Scene: Plate LXXXVII: Two Terracotta Buddha-heads, from Devani Mori Stūpa. Plate LXXXIX: A Terracotta Head of Buddha, from Devani Mori Stūpa, with Gāndhāran hair-style. Plate LVIII: (B) Incense-burner from Akoțā hoard of Bronzes and Metal work. Besides the gods of the pantheon, it is noteworthy that objects useful in daily worship were also dealt with artistically. Fall of Valabhi : On examining the different dates given in the Prabandhas, Dr. H. G. Shastri has observed that the year mentioned in the Prabandha-kośa is, in fact, 375 and not 573, as read by the Editor, that the real date for the Fall of Valabhi is V. S. 845, and that the other date, viz., Vira S. 845 = V. S. 375 is simply caused by mis-ascribing the year 845 to the Vira era. The Mleccha-pati who destroyed Valabhi is identified with the Arab Governor of Mansura in Sindh, on the evidence of Alberuni ( Vol. I, pp. 192 f.).-(H. G. Shastri, Maitrakakālina Gujarat, I, pp. 195 f.). The most probable date for the fall of Valabhi, is, therefore, 789 A.D. Plate No. LIX (A): The illustration, wherein the germs of the style of Western Indian Miniatures, viz., the angularity of faces and the protruding of the further eye beyond the facial line are visible, is taken from Ajanță Cave No. 17. The identification of the scene kindly supplied by Shri R. A. Thatte, Artist-Modeller, Department of Archaeology, M. S. University of Baroda, is as under : On the left side of the Shrine-wall, on the lower portion, the Scene is ‘Buddha putting Questions to Mahāmoggalāyana. and Sāriputta,' wherein people of different countries, like the Scythians, Persians and Arabians are depicted, who had gathered for listening to the Questions and Answers. The faces are shown in wrapt attention, and the treatment of their eyes is noteworthy. Plate LXXII: (A) Siva-Pārvati from Rodā. (B) Viņāpāņi Siva from Koțeśvara, near Ambāji. Plate LXXV: (A) Agni, as a Dikpāla from Osiā temple, Marwad. Plate LXXIV: (A) Vämana becoming Virāța, from Osiā temple, Marwad. P. 275: Sculptures : P. 277: Jain Education Intemational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006799
Book TitleChronology of Gujarat
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM R Majumdar
PublisherMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Publication Year1960
Total Pages494
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size10 MB
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