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William Dalrymple on Twitter: "In Chola sculpture the sexual nature of the Gods is strongly implied rather than directly stated. It is there in the extraordinary swinging rhythm of these eternally still
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g katyan misra on Twitter: "#Parvati #chola #bronze #sculpture imagine how developed metal craft was in 11-12th AD #Metallurgy? such magnificent statue were made as per prescribed method by #Sthapaty using lost
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