 I think it may be as old as the 10th or 11th century. The principal statue, which is called Maya Devi, is a threeheaded and four-armed female in the act of killing a prostrate figure. In one of the hands I recognised the chakra, or discus ; in another...  The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Page 332by William Wilson Hunter - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 626 pages
...think it may be as old as the 10th or 11th century. The principal statue, which is called Maya-Devi, is a three-headed and four-armed female in the act...hand the trisul. This is certainly not the figure of M&y& Devi, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that of any goddess with which I am acquainted.... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 570 pages
...think it may be as old as the 10th or llth century. The principal statue, which is called Maya-Devi, is a three-headed and four-armed female in the act of killing a prostrate figure. la one of the hands I recognised the chdkra, or discus, in another there was an object like a human... | |
 | North-Western Provinces (India) - 1875 - 664 pages
...door-way, I think Temple of Maya Devi. . , , , , , л , , .. ., _, it may be as old as the 10th or llth century. The principal statue, which is called Maya...object like a human head ; and in a third hand the tritúl. This is certainly not the figure of Maya Devi, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that... | |
 | Edwin Thomas Atkinson - North-Western Provinces (India) - 1875 - 668 pages
...over the entrance door-way, 1 think Temple o£ Maya Devi. *• . it may be as old as the 10th or llth century. The principal statue, which is called Maya...object like a human head; and in a third hand the tristil. This is certainly not the figure of Maya Devi, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - India - 1885 - 552 pages
...from the remains of an inscription over the entrance doorway, I think it may be as old as the 1oth or 11th century. The principal statue, which is called...the trisul. This is certainly not the figure of Mdya Dev1, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that of any goddess with which I am acquainted. It corresponds... | |
 | John Murray - South Asia - 1919 - 1012 pages
...Mayadevi is built entirely of stone, and General Cunningham thinks it may be as old as the loth or nth century. The principal statue, which is called Maya...in the act of killing a prostrate figure ; in one hand is a discus, in another what resembles a human head, and in a third a trident. Close by is a squatting... | |
 | South Asia - 1924 - 1010 pages
...Mayadevi is built entirely of stone, and General Cunningham thinks it may be as old as the loth or nth century. The principal statue, which is called Maya...in the act of killing a prostrate figure ; in one hand is a discus, in another what resembles a human head, and in a third a trident. Close by is a squatting... | |
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