Excerpt from Handbook to the Sculptures in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitya ParishadIt may be considered necessary to explain the classification adopted in the catalogue. I need hardly point out that the subject of Indian Sculpture or lconography has not yet received the measure of attention that is its due, and it is too early to ex pect a sculptural scale based on chronology that we may fall back upon in preparing a catalogue, or a handbook of exhibits preserved in a museum. For this reason I have found it desirable to classify the stone exhibits according to' the different creeds, e.g Buddhist, Jaina and Brahmanical; these again, have been sub-divided according to provenance or creed (saiva, Sakta) as the case may be. The bricks and tiles have been arranged according to the find-spots, and this appeared to me to be an easy and handy method of classifying them as they pre sented a diverse variety too numerous to be brought under any other system. The bronzes have been arranged as per the nature of images.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.