The Dawn and Dawn Society’s Magazine May 1910

The supression of muscular details and the attenuation of the waist indicating a physical frame unused to all grosser forms of enjoyment and the tender grace dignity and repose of the figure are typical of all that is best in the Art of the period. [...] Down to the days of the Mohammedan conquest went;by the ancient highways of the sea the intrepid mariners of the Bengal Coast founding their colonies in Ceylon Java and Sumatra leaving Aryan blood to mingle with that of the sea-board races of Burmah and Siam and binding Cathay (_China) and India fast in mutual intercourse." (`The Ideals of the East' by Mr. [...] Increased Intercouse by Sea with China from the commencement of the Christian era Coming down to Buddhist times; there is very clear evidence in the Chinese records the annals of the Imperial dynasties the narratives of the Chinese pilgrims and the history of the numerous Indian Buddhist teachers—to show thtAt from the beginning of the Christian era Indian ships began to ply the Chinese waters [...] In the opinion of the authorities of 'the institution the lacquer works of Channapatna are the finest in India and the musical wires one of the best specimens in the world. [...] The primary aim of the Exhibition was to give it an educative character and no pains were spared to bring to the notice of the raiyat the artisan and the manufacturer who visited the Exhibition in large numbers the use of the varioius articles machnery etc.