persons are in attendance on a yaksa. They appear in this series continually 53), especially as attendants and servants, never as chief persons. It cannot be some special costume for solemn or festive occasions, it is not general enough for that and besides it is wanting just where the text describes feasts and ceremonies. We fail to discover what rules have guided the sculptors in this respect; it is perhaps better not to attach too much importance to what may be only a

longing for variety or the fancy of some particular artist.

For the headdress, I mention the reliefs where a loose tiara is held in the hand or being offered to someone so that we can see it is a quite separate object, not something that has to be fixed up every time or is arranged with the hair. These reliefs are Ia 6, 36, 37, lb 9, 37, IBa 275.

On III 12 the chief person is wearing a remarkable headdress with three standing-up loops on the second band, that is above the diadem band. We must not forget that this person is a Bodhisattva, therefore not bound by earthly fashions; a similar sort of headdress is worn by some attendants on III B 22 and 83. Probably

also Bodhisattva's are represented by the men who in the story 111 B 23 and following wear tiara's made up with locks of hair; we have already noticed Avalokite,cvara's similar style of hairdressing. Hair twisted into loops above a diadem-band appears in other scenes, III 14, 30, 84; t

hese figures too may be heavenly beings, the person on the first-mentioned one whose tiara ends in a flame is certainly another

Bodhisattva, the same as on IV 36. Locks of |hair above a plain

headband we get on IBa 147, men with moustache, and hair hanging down in locks who look like foreigners. Then there al ork is a tiara with a large rosette-ornement in front (Ib 57), one entirely of flower-ornement (IBb 116), elaborate decoration of foliage and goldsmiths work, also on the breast-necklace and bracelets (III 75, undoubtedly heavenly beings). Among the attendants there are some such as on lb 60 and 74 with a high sharp triangular ornement in front of a thick round band, or on IVB 56 with large spiral curls on both sides of a pointed centre-ornement; on lb 24 with a thick band at the back of his head inside which there is a crown-shaped ornament, i.e. lines bent outwards and then turned together into the centre and finished with a pointed ornement on top. It is noticeable that one of the chief persons on IIIB 71 wears a headdress that has the shape of a tiara but has no sign of ornament, this however may be the result of wear and tear. Finally there is a style in which the hair is not brushed up but drawn smoothly back with only a flower above the forehead and behind the ears; this is shown on lb 26, 34 and others. Shoes are only to be found on O 116 where a pair of sandals are put ready, wide soles with a couple of straps to fasten them to the feet. Generally everyone, even royal persons, go barefoot.

 

The womenI here just mention the curious chainlike girdles on lb 21, IBa316 or II 127often hold some object in their hand, not exactly part of the costume but worthy of notice. First there are mirrors, round with an arched surface and fastened at the back to a long or short handle.