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English: Holi relief, Mathura, c1st century CE
  • "By the late first century A.D. dygapa.ta carvings begin to closely foreshadow the sculptural styles of the Kusana period of the early second century A.D. Reduced interest in rich textures or details is notable in the carvings of the Chaubiapadd Ayagapata (fig. 23) and the Amoghadatta Ayagapata (fig.24) - a trait held in common with Kusana period relief sculpture. The stiff, regularized grapevine rhizome of the Ayagapata Fragment with Grapevine Border (GMM Q.3, fig. 25) has lost the lightness and delicacy that characterized the one surrounding the Namdighosa Aya-gapata of the time of Mahaksatrapa Sodasa (fig. 2o). The flying figures on the Chaubiapada Ayagapata (fig. 23), Amoghadatta Ayagapata(fig. 24), the Aydgapata Fragment with Grapevine Border(fig. 25), the Vasu Silapata (fig. 26), and the dancing figures on the Sivayala Ayagapata (fig. 27) display a tightening and smoothness in their limbs which were unseen in the soft fleshy forms of the earlier plaques, but will be further developed in the more powerful and aggressive figural styles of the Kusama period. However, the figures retain some softness and corpulence, which will have disappeared by the second century A.D." Ayagapatas: Characteristics, Symbolism, and Chronology p.116
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Source A history of fine art in India and Ceylon, from the earliest times to the present day by Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920
Author Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920, Archaeological Society of India, per notice on the page before the photograph

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Jain votive plaque with Jain stupa, the "Vasu Śilāpaṭa" ayagapata, 1st century CE, excavated from Kankali Tila, Mathura

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