Their sculpture was distinctly inferior .
The result was that when in the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries the medieval kings set themselves to rebuilding the Hindu temples the Assamese sculptors of the day , known as Silakutis , were hardly equal to the task .
kings ' sculpture was distinctly inferior .
The result was that when in the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries the medieval kings set themselves to rebuilding the Hindu temples the Assamese sculptors of the day , known as Silakutis , were hardly equal to the task .