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that any such image, — a specimen of such a high order of 

 artistic skill, — has ever been discovered anywhere else in Bengal, 

 or in Bihar. 



A few years back in Kandl sub-division, in the District of 

 Murshidabad, three bronze figures were discovered. We do 

 not think such figures have, up till now, been found in Var- 

 endra. Mr. Rothenstein, the celebrated artist, has said that 

 such beautiful specimens of Indian Metal figures are not to be 

 found in any other museum. In the village of Cudaina in the 

 District of Dacca a silver image of Visnu has been discovered, 

 which is kept in the Indian Museum. We do not know of any 

 other figure, like this, which has been discovered elsewhere in 

 India. So we see, that relying upon Taranatha's statement 

 we cannot by any means assert that Dhlman was the inaugu- 

 rator of the Eastern School of Indian Art, of which the history 

 is yet to be written. From the specimens discovered up to the 

 present time, we can safely assert that there was but one 

 school and one system in the whole of Bengal and Bihar. The 

 special features of the images collected should be studied before 

 anything can be said in the shape of history about the tc East- 

 ern School ' ' of the Indian artists. 



A large number of dated images, both in metal and stone, 

 executed during the reigns of the Palas and the Senas of Ben- 



scovered 



studied 



ence to a certain period of the national history before any 

 serious attempt is made about a historical exposition of the 

 " Eastern School ' ' of Indian art. 



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