An enigmatic female ascetic figure from Mathura

Many of Mathura’s goddesses defy clear-cut explanations and neat categorisation, often leaving modern viewers in a conundrum. A late-Kuṣāṇa / early Gupta period torso of a female deity currently on display at the Government Museum, Mathura and labelled by the museum as a yakṣī presents just such an...

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Main Author: Basu, Chandreyi (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Torun Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek 2016
In: Art of the Orient
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Pages: 79-91
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