Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 4

Author(s): R P Poddar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin No. 4
Dampati : A damaged plaque presents the heads of a couple.46 The woman wears a head-dress made of two lateral masses of turban and a central boss decked with pearl-strings. The man has a turban with a knot to the left.
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Wrestling Scene: Group composition is most effectively depiced in a round plaque showing three pairs of wrestlers.47
Toy Cart: Animals, meant to be mounted on wheels, include ram and bull. The figures are generously stamped with leaf design.48
There are several other motifs chosen from the animal and the human world but the most significant achievement of this phase is a female head, of dark grey colour (Fig. 10) Sensuous oval face shows full lower lip and deep-set eyes. The hair is indicated by fine incised lines and finally arranged
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VE, '58-62, pl. XLIV, Fig. 8. ASIAR, 1913-14, pl. XLIII-f. VE, '50, pl. XVI, A-B.