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Whatever might be the coverage of the subject, in this
chapter our main concern would be the proper identification
(iconographical) of the icons, which is yet to be done by any
competent authority in a complete manner, here at Madan-
Kamdeva. That mean, the iconographical identity would be the
thrust area of our discussion in this chapter. Along with that we
would also like to concentrate on some sculptural issues, primarily
the physiognomy of the sculptures, which supposed to help us in
reconsidering the matter regarding the chronology of these
aesthetic products and vice-versa.
SECTION : 3:1 : Major Male Divinities :
A) Surya :
Accordingly, we would like to initiate our discussion
with the most popular finding of this famous archaeological site
i.e. with the Surya icons. Presently there are twenty one Surya
icons 5
and they are all now conserved to the galleries of the site
museum at Madan-Kamdeva. Regarding the iconographical identity
of these Surya sculptures it should be remembered that the
guardian authority of this site Directorate of Archaeology, Assam,
had already identified these Surya sculptures and thus leaving a
limited scope for us to make a fresh entry into the very subject of
their iconographical identities. Under such circumstances, here
we would like simply to high light the peculiarities of these Surya
icons, (if any), with their respective icono-sculptural analysis, (in
5.
Out of these twenty one Surya icons, eight are being the icons
of two handed composition and rest of them are being the
composition of four hands.