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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.

Chapter 2 - Madan-Kamdev through the ages—A hypothetical analysis

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made their journey to Kamrupa, either by land or by riverine route,
certainly have come in contact of this beautiful locality on the
bank of river Swaswati. Nature has sincerely contribute a lot to
the sceneric beauty of this locality which impressed the visitor of
this temple site, even today also. This imprintment have enough
prospect to inspire those capable visitors of our age old time to
contribute something to this temple complex, possibly in the fond
memory of their visit to Kamrupa and thus intended to extract
some religious merit out of their direct or indirect donation. 93 This
on the other hand, helped Madan-Kamdeva to emerge as a centre
of multidimensional aesthetic exposition. In other words, these
are some of the main spirit which seem to have work behind the
creation of this mighty temple complex. The discovery of the
sculptures of different regional varieties (mainly the South Indian
type) are the best prove illustration of this fact.
Thus, summarizing the matter, upto this stage of our
study, it can be said that the mighty Salastambha rulers were the
true initiator of the construction of this temple complex. And of
them, it was only the Vanamaladeva who was known to be a great
constructor as well as an empire builder had the capacity to lay
the foundation or to plan about this lustrous temple complex. Like
the great Salastambha rulers, the succeeding Palas, certainly of
Ratnapala standard might have also contributed a lot in
consecrating this temple complex to the public. Apart from that
with the passes of time, the temples have also experienced more
93.
We used the term direct donation to mean, complete donation
for any major construction, and indirect donation to mean
partial support or partial assistance to complex to complete a
half done work.

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