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 In Soobandhu's prose romance, Vasavadatta (sixth century A.C.), there is a description of the Vindhya mountain. One of the objects mentioned is the lion "with his sinewy frame, now rising high behind and now before." And the author is at once led to think of the scene as a possible theme of painting. Thus,

Painting was an accomplishment of the literary women. The box of