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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under such circumstances it is quite difficult to believe that
Jayapala ever had any opportunity to make any illustrious
contribution to this majestic temple complex at Madan-Kamdeva.
After Vaidyadeva, Vallabhadeva was another important
ruler to rule in Kamrupa during the last quarter of 12th century
A.D. The history of his origin is quite confusing in nature. His
Assam plate declared him as being a person belonging to Chandra
dynasty and mention the name of three persons, Bhaskara,
Rayarideva and Udaykarna as his predecessor. 137 History remain
quite silent about the identity of these three persons and the matter
still remain as a born of contention among the scholars. K L Barua
has made an impression that like Tingyadeva, the predecessors of
Vallabhadeva, were the feudatory chief perhaps under the later
Kamrupa Kings as there is no room to adjust them as the royal
personals between Vaidyadeva and 1185 A.D., the date of
Vallabhdeva's inscription. - On the other hand, there is an another
impression which would like to state Vallabhadeva as an
independent ruler. 139
With these two extreme conclusion, the matter may
be summerised in the following word that the predecessors of
Vallabhadeva were actually the feudatory chief of an untrace line
of Vaidyadeva's successors. The Assam plate described Rayarideva
as one of his predecessor as a valiant warrior who fought on the
side of Kamrupa against Vanga. This incident perhaps enhanced
140 137. Assam Plate, vv. 3,4,6.
138. Barua, K.L.: Op-cit, p.129.
139. Sarma, M.M.: Op-cit, 1978, p.300.
140. Assam Plate, v. 5.
