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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.

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tribal communities have also found their own religious pursuits.
Under such circumstances, the people migrated from a caste ridden
society certainly have tried to maintained their class distinction.
For their survival this time there was no need of any compromise
as they now have the support of royal house, the supreme authority
of the state and above all throughout the century, they have
successfully emerged as an influential group in this land.
To have their class distinction, they preferred to use
the same assimilated religious form evolved by their own ancestor
long before the centuries. The assimilated religious form more or
less Tantric in nature where emphasis being given to the magical
as well as the free sexual culture as stated earlier. This time they
have tried to maintain the purity of these well emerging Tantric
rituals of the process of the assimilation with an esoteric mechanism
to keep people apart from understanding the actual problems of their
life and helped to Brahman and the feudals in fulfilling their two purposes,
sexual appetite and the war.
74 In India, the feudal lords and the royal communities
have always been recognized as two of the primary spirit for all
type of religious construction. These constructions on one hand
while served the purpose of their religious pursuits at the same
time these are also the matter of their social status or the symbol
of their power and wealth. Above all, the temples and their arts
have been remembered as the true reflector of the taste and the
outlook of these two well responsible communities of acncient
Indian society. In other word, it can be said that despite of their
75 74. Dutta, M.R.
75.
Op-cit, 1996, p. 131.
Desai, D. Op-cit, p.40.

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