Dharmarajas Rock Cut Throne - Mahabalipuram


A large rectangular seat with a beautifully carved couchant lion at one end. The modeling of the animal closely resembling the vehicle of the goddess in the mahishasuramardini cave is exceedingly well done. The lion is significantly portrayed as roaring, proclaiming as it were, the sovereign power of the Pallavas. The back is made somewhat flat to serve as a seat.



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