Thursday 4 June 2009

The Pala art steadily progressed under the immediate successors of Devapala.


The pala art steadily progressed under the immediate successors of Devapala. In nuThe Pala mbers, too, the carved and cast images much increased, not only in Bihar but also in the different parts of Bengal. The 10th century sculptures discovered from various parts of Bengal include a large number of Brahmanical cult deities along with the Buddhist images. For instance, several Manasa images represent an iconic type scarcely known in earlier sculptures of the region. (10 of 16)

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