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Posted on: 11 March 2014
Digital Rare Book:
Observations on the sculptures in the Cave Temples of Ellora
By Captain Robert Melville Grindlay
Accompanied by plates
Published in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland- 1st January 1829
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Been to ellora many times ... But have never seen this type of sculpture...looks almost like a Greek god...looks like it's the authors imagination..
Perhaps, they were removed or destroyed and some other reason for not seeing them.