Essay name: The Sculptures of Madan-Kamdev (Study)
Author:
Kamal Nayan Patowary
Affiliation: Gauhati University / Department of History
The essay critically studies the Sculptures of Madan-Kamdev: an archaeological site in Baihata Chariali, Kamrup, Assam (India) dating back to the 9th century A.D. The site features elegant sculptures in relief and round forms which are documented in Sanskrit texts like the Kalika Purana and Yogini Tantra.
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other supportive archaeological evidence to his proposition. While
supporting his view regarding the location of Kamrupa-nagara as
in modern north Guwahati region here, we would simply like to
add that the devastating defeat of muslim intruder headerd by
Bakhatiyar khilji (1127 AD), in the hand of an unknown Kamrupa
king has been recorded in the Kanai Barasi Bowa rock inscription.
The very find spot of this rock inscription, in the fond memory of
any important incident or occasion, are being preferably engraved
in a place of public concern as well as in the area of permanent
settlement. 81 On the light of this observation it can also better be
said that the very location or the installation place of the Kanai
Barasi Bowa rock inscription (which had recoded one of the famous
victory of Kamrupi king over a formidable power) must have to be
an important place of people's frequent visit or a place of acute
public concern. The existence of this famous inscription in north
Guwahati, thus, have provided another ground to presume this
region at least as a place of political importance or vigorous
economic activities with a permanently settled population in and
around this locality. It further enhanced the scope to consider
this region as being a seat of royalty (the epiccentre of all political
and economic activities of a country). Putting a step forward the
matter may be sum up in an another way that the inscription has
found its installation at the glimpse of the famous highway, which
81.
This idea is derived from the writing of Romila Thaper where
she tried to mention about the location of Asokan Rock
Inscription.
Thapar, R.: Op-cit, 2002, p. 179.
