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PORTUGUESE INFLUENCE

close commercial intercourse with the Portuguese colony at Goa, the influence of European art can be traced in the direct imitation of classical Greek poses and an elaboration of the muscular system which is opposed to the true Indian ideal. This hybrid school is of more interest to the historian than to the artist.