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Siddhartha at the Bodhi Tree, c. 2nd Century, Gandhara (present-day Pakistan), Schist, 73.7 x 57.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art.
The process of stamping designs on fabric using dye-soaked, hand-carved wooden blocks is known as woodblock printing....
Known for their intricacy and small scale, miniature paintings in medieval India were composed into personal albums (...
Meaning 'belonging to Iravati' or 'produced from water', Airavata is a celestial white elephant, usually depicted with three or five heads, who carries the deity Indra on his back. In the Ramayana, his lineage is traced to Iravati, while according to another legend, he is believed to have emerged out of the Samudra Manthan.
Indra and Sachi Riding the Divine Elephant Airavata, Amber, Rajasthan, Wikimedia Commons.
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Four sandstone figures dated to the last centuries BCE, the Besnagar yak...
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Dated to between the third century BCE and the third century CE, the...
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Paintings at one of the oldest shrines at Vijayanagara (present-day Hamp...
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Relief panels, carved stone dishes as well as objects such as metal ...
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South Asian traditions of making, decorating and illustrating bound ...
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Reliefs depicting scenes from the life of Shakyamuni Buddha as well myth...
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Two rock-cut shrines excavated during the seventh and eighth centuries C...
Published in 2019 by Tulika Books and authored by British artist-writer ...
A pair of large processional bronze idols depicting the Hindu deity Shiv...
Also known as the Tirumala temple, the Tirupati temple, and the Tirupati...
