"Victorious Durga, The Buffalo Slayer" by Michael Rabe Muse: Annual of the Museum of Art and Archaeology, No. 20 University of Missouri - Columbia (1986), pp. 50-65 with added color plates (View in a 9" window, using the buttons below each page) Above: north panel in the Mahishasuramardini cave, Mamallapuram, South India; mid.7th c. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by the author. Return to the South Asia Map.