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image-making. The execution and the style of the
Siamese artists was not so elegant as that of the Indian
artists. The figures of Siva dancing tdndva dance
speak for themselves. .They remind us of Nataraja
Siva of South India. The artist was an Indian, most
probably, South Indian. He reproduced the exact copy
of Nataraja Siva dancing the cosmic dance. It is
purely Indian and has not changed by its introduction
into Siam. So also the image of Sakya Muni ( Bud-
dha') sittting with crossed legs in the attitude of touch-
ing the ground. There we find a clam expression
closely resembling that of the Gupta statues in India.
While in strange contiast to it stands the figure of
Buddha in the same posture or Buddha in meditation.
The figures of Visnn or Laksml or Siva also lack ele-
gance of expression.

LOPBURI.

From the account of Mr. P. A. Thompson, we
know that the most interesting remains of Lopburi are
the ruins of an old temple. Of this temple, we read1:
'The temple is of the Hindu type,and was built during
the supremacy of the Cambodians in Southern Siam.
It is in fact, identical in style with the sanctuaries which
are found farther east, in Cambodia itself. It consists
of three small cubical chambers, entered through low
square doorways, and surmounted by blunt spires pos-
sibly dedicated tD Brahma, Visnu and Siva. The
chambers are connected by short covered galleries.

1. Journal of the Siam Society, Y (1908), III, p. 20-21.