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Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal July & August 1912

1912

Thibaut says : The question remains whether 427 Saka elapsed is to be taken as the time when Romaka Sidhanta was written or at least is the epoch fixed upon by the author of the Romaka SiddliTinta as the starting-point of his calculations or whether the named year represents either the time of the composition of the Paficasiddhantikil or the epoch selected by Varaha Mihira himself. [...] The only garment of the male is a chlamys which hangs down from his shoulders and barely reaches the knees the rest of the body is perfectly naked ; the hair of the figure is close cropped with its right hand touching the chin of the female figure while the left is placed round the latter's neck in the act of drawing it close. [...] The clothing of the male and female are exactly similar to G 4. The heads of all the figures with the exception of the female are missing. [...] It is quite possible that the gold ornament represents the pure classical idea with naked forms the perfection of which the ancients always extol while the alto-retievos represent the Indian adaptations of the same subject the differentia being the close-fitting tunics of the females and the slight clothing of the males. [...] The Atsomi lived near the sources of the Ganges while the Pygmies and Trispithami dwelled beyond the Astomi in the remotest parts of the mountains.4 Various features in the description of the Pygmies have allowed authors to identify them satisfactorily 1 SCHWANBECK Fragm.
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Pages
61
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii unknown view
22. The Date of Varaha Mihira’s Birth
275-278 Braja Mukerji view
23. Firoz Shāh s Tunnels at Delhi
279-282 H. Hosten view
24. Discovery of a Greek Ornament
283-286 Mritunjoy Roy Chowdhury view
25. Who were the Sungas ?
287-288 Haraprasad Sastri view
26. A Note on Bhatti
289-290 Haraprasad Sastri view
27. The Mouthless Indians of Megasthenes
291-302 H. Hosten view
28. A possible Chemical Method of distinguishing between Seasoned and Unseasoned Teak-Wood
303-310 Anukul Sircar view
29. Two more new species of Gramineae from Bombay
311-314 R. K. Bhide view
July &August 1912
cxxiii-cxxxii unknown view
Plates
i-vii unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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