The Fantastic Beings of Ancient India: From 2500 B.C. to the VIth Cent. A.D., Volume 1
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
8190394320, 9788190394321
Length
252p., Illustrations; Chiefly Colour; Map; 31cm.
Subjects
The origin and evolution of fantastic beings and animals, the vyala, have not been deeply studied by scholars so far. The meaning and purpose of these fantastic figures has been lost in a far distant past.
Scholars have still different interpretations for the composite animals seen on the Indus Valley seals and the sculptures and statuettes of the early period in India. Yet it is proved in this work, that there is a resemblance between composite animals of the ...
