Shaiva saint, Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Chola period (ca. 860–1279), ca. late
13th century
Tamil Nadu, India
Copper alloy; H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Joseph Gallagher III, 1982 (1982.220.11)

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Marco Polo visited Sri Lanka and the southeastern coast of India. He then sailed along the southwestern coast north to Gujarat. In his memoirs he described the social customs, Hindu and Buddhist religious beliefs, products, and political systems that he encountered.