India Perspectives, Volume 11PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1998 - India |
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... carving . This beautiful yet restrained surface ornamentation elegantly creates a jewel - like quality of the mausoleum ... carved hard and semi - hard gem - stones , selected for maximum textural beauty , were painstakingly inlaid . The ...
... carving . This beautiful yet restrained surface ornamentation elegantly creates a jewel - like quality of the mausoleum ... carved hard and semi - hard gem - stones , selected for maximum textural beauty , were painstakingly inlaid . The ...
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... carvings of amorous couples surrounded by floral borders . There is also a demon like figure carved with a profusion of swirls on the entrance pillar . On the beam is a pot bellied seated figure with elaborte carvings of faces and ...
... carvings of amorous couples surrounded by floral borders . There is also a demon like figure carved with a profusion of swirls on the entrance pillar . On the beam is a pot bellied seated figure with elaborte carvings of faces and ...
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... carved black basalt , a favourite material with the Kakatiyas and their talented artisans . The partly roofless ' mandapam ' of the elaborate structure has numerous intricately carved stone pillars among which sits a huge and beautiful ...
... carved black basalt , a favourite material with the Kakatiyas and their talented artisans . The partly roofless ' mandapam ' of the elaborate structure has numerous intricately carved stone pillars among which sits a huge and beautiful ...
Contents
THE TIMELESS APPEAL OF ASSAMS WEAVING ART Shalini Mitra | 7 |
THE POET INTELLECTUAL Pavan K Varma | 14 |
GREAT EXPONENT OF INDIAN CULTURE Prabhakar Begde 22 228 | 22 |
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