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"Great Bath" Mohenjo-daro, ca. 2600-1900 BCE.
India(now Pakistan). Earliest public water tank/bath. Had a plumming system made of clay pipes. could put in water from the Indus river and release water back into the Indus river. |
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"Robed male figure", Mohenjo-daro, India. ca. 2000-1900 BCE. Medium: Steatite.
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"seal with seated figure in yogic posture"
Mohenjo-daro, India. ca. 2600-1900 BCE.
Medium: Steatite coatedwith alkali and baked.
Approx. 1 3/8'' x 1 3/8. |
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"lion capital of column erected by Ashoka at Sarnath, India. ca 250 BCE
Medium: Polished sandstone, Approx. 7' high. |
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"Great Stupa" Sanchi, India.
3rd century BCE- 1st Century BCE.
A monument housing relics of Buddha.
Materil: Brick? |
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| Exterior diagram of Great Stupa, Sanchi, India. 3-1 century BCE. |
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"yakshi, detail of eastern gateway of Great Stupa, Sanchi, India. mid-!st century BCE - early 1st century bce.
Ancient fertility and vegetation goddess.
embraces a mango tree. erotic female form, bangles on arm and vagina is visible. Buddha's mother, maya, was often shown in yakshi pose. |
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Chaitya Hall, Karle/Karli, India. ca. 100 CE.
Stupa inside, 45 feet high and 125 feet long. elaborate capitals atop the rock cut pillars depict men and women riding on elephants. A rock cut monastic halls. |
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| Meditating Buddha, from Gandhara, pakistan. (India) 2nd century CE. Gray schist, 3' 7 1/2 '' |
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The life and death of Buddha, frieze from Gandhara, Pakistan(India). 2nd century CE. Medium:Schist stone.
a.) Birth at Lumbini b.) Enlightenment at Badh Gaya c.) first sermon at Sarnath d.) Death at Kushinagara |
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Buddha seated on lion throne, From Mathura, India. 2nd century CE
Material: red sandstone. 2' 3 1/2'' |
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| Seated Buddha preaching first sermon, from Sarnath, India. Second half of 5th century ce? Material: tan sandstone. 5' 3'' high. |
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| Interior of cave 19(Chaitya hall) , Ajanta, India. Seconf half of fifth century. ce? rock cut |
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| Bodhisattva Padmapani, wall painting in cave 1, Ajanta, India. second half of fifth century. |
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| Boar avatar of Vishnu rescuing the earth. Cave five, Udayagiri, India. Early fifth century. high and low relief artwork. carved out of a shallow niche of rock. |
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| dancing shiva rock-cut relief in cave temple. Badami, India. Late six century. |
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| Shiva as Mahadeva, cave 1, Elephanta, India. ca. 550-575. Basalt, shiva 17' 10'' |
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Vishnu temple, Deogarh, India. Early six century.
material: stone blocks.
a relief in a niche of each of the other three sides. |
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| Vishnu asleep on the serpent ananta, detail of facade of the Vishnu Temple, Deogarh, India. Early six century. |
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| Rock vute temples, Mamallapuram, India. Second half of the seventh century. From left to right: Dharmaraja, Bhima, Arjuna, and Draupadi rathas( chariots/ vehicles of the gods) |
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Rajarajeshwara temple, Thanjavur, India. ca. 1010
dedicated to shiva as the lord of Rajaraja, largest and tallest temple in india at its time. 210 feet high. |
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Vishvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, India. ca. 1000
vishanatha=Lord of the Universe( one of the manyv names of Shiva)
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scultures on temple wall of vishanatha temple. Khajuraho, India. ca.1000.
high and low relief
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Shiva as Natarja, Material: Bronze
ca. 1000 Punjai, India.
in the Naltunai Isharam Temple. |
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Bichitr, "Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaykh to Kings".
ca. 1615 - 1618.
Material: Opaque watercolor on paper. Country: India
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
1632-1647.
Material: marble.
Built by Shah Jahan, Jahangir's son, built it for his favorite wife, mumtaz mahal. |
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"Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion"
ca. 1760.
Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper.
India. |
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Guang, Probably from Anyang, China, Shang Dynasty.
12th or 11th century bce.
Material:Bronze.
used in sacrafices to ancestors and in funerary ceremonies. Shang bronzes hela wine, water, grain, or meat for sacrificial rites. |
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standing figure, from sanxingdui, China.
ca.1200-1050 bce.
Bronze.
8'5''. |
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"Bi disk with dragons" from Jincun?, china, eastern Zhou dynasty. 4th-3rd century bce. Material: Nephrite or jade?
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"Army of the First Emperor of Qin" in pits next to his burial mound. Lintong, China, Qin Dynasty.
ca. 210 bce.
Material: painted terracotta.
avaerage figure: 5' 10 7/8'' |
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"Funeral banner, from tomb 1 (tomb of Dai)
Mawangdui, China, Han Dynasty.
ca. 169 BCE.
Material: Painted Silk, 6' 8 3/4'' x 3' 1/4''.
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Shakyamuni Buddha, Zhou Dynasty, Period of Disunity, 338. Gilded Bronze
1'3 1/2'' high.
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Gu Kaizhi, "Lady Feng and the Bear", details of the intructress to the court ladies. Period of disunity, late 4th century.
Material: handscroll, ink and colors on silk.
9 3/4'' x 11' 4 1/2''.
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Attributed to Yan Liben, Emerpor Xuan and Attendants, detail of the Thirteen Emperors, Tang Dynasty, ca 650. Material: handscroll, ink and colors on silk.
Detail: 1' 8 1/4'' x 1' 5 1/2''. entire scroll: 17' 5'' long. |
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"neighing horse"
Tang dynasty. 8th-9th century.
Material: Glazed earthenware
1' 8'' high. |
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"Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro" Indus valley Civilization, India( now Pakistan)
material: bronze Date: 2500 BCE 4'' high.
possibly a deva-dasi. |
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Indus Valley Civilization tablets and seals. 2600 bce.
Material:Carved steatite
India.
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"male nude from harappa" 2000 BCE
Material: red sandstone. Indus valley civilization( India )
-well nourished body, body filled with "prana" = sense of living breath, or energy of life. |
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"footprint of Buddha" with Dharmachakra(wheel of law).
Stone carving, 1st century. Gandhara, India. |
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"golden coin with the image of buddha"
130 CE, India. gold and copper coins of Kanishka l, the kushan emerpor who ruled from 78 ce onward? |
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"mithuna couple(yaksi and yaksha)
Relief, carved stone, 2nd century CE
Entrance from Chaitya Hall or cave temple in karle/karli, India. |
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"Bamiyan Buddhas"
6th century, rock cute buddha statues, part of buddhist cave temples with monk cells and painted walls. destroyed by taliban in 2003. Afghanistan (India) |
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"camel with musicians" Tang dynasty, China.
fired clay. |
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"diamond sutra" printed scroll. Dunhuang, China
Tang Dynasty, 868 CE. The earliest printed document ("book") known in the world. was translated from Indian Sanskrit to Chinese first time in 5th century ce. found in Dunhuang Caves ( Libraries-caves ) in China together with other Buddhist written religious documents. |
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