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Unknown Artist.

Great Bath.

Kiln-fired brick architecture.

Mohenjo-daro (in modern Pakistan).

Ca.2600–1900 BCE. Indus Civilization.

Unknown Artist.

Female Figure (yakshi?).

Terracotta.

Mohenjo-daro (inmodern Pakistan).

Ca. 2600–1500 BCE. Indus Civilization.

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Unknown Artist.

Robed Male Figure

Inlaidsteatite (Inlaidsoapstone)

Mohenjo-daro (inmodern Pakistan)

Ca. 2000–1900 BCE. Indus Civilization.

Unknown Artist

Nude Male Torso

Red sandstone

Harappa (in modern Pakistan)

Ca. 2000–1900 BCE. Indus Civilization

Unknown Artist

Seal with Seated Figure

Baked steatite (baked soapstone)

Mohenjo-daro (in modern Pakistan)

Ca. 2300–1750 BCE. Indus Civilization

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Patron: King Ashoka

Lion Capital

Polished sandstone

Sarnath (in modern India)

Ca. 250 BCE. Mauryan

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Patron: King Ashoka and successors

Great Stupa

Stone architecture

Sanchi (in modern India)

3rd c.BCE to 1st c. CE. Mauryan and post-Mauryan

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Yakshi from the east torana

Sandstone

GreatStupa, Sanchi (in modern India)

Ca. Year One. Post-Mauryan

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Unknown Artist

Chaitya Hall

Carved bedrock

Karle (in modern India)

Ca. 50–100 CE. Post-Mauryan

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Unknown Artist

The Life and Death of the Buddha (Narrative Sequence of the Life of the Buddha)

Schist.

Gandhara (in modern Pakistan)

2nd c. CE. Kushan (Gandhara style)

Unknown Artist

Meditating Buddha

Schist

Gandhara (in modern Pakistan)

2nd c. CE. Kushan (Gandhara style)

Unknown Artist

Buddha Seated on Lion Throne

Red sandstone

Mathura (in modern India)

2nd c. CE. Kushan (Mathura style)

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Unknown Artist

Seated Buddha Preaching

Tan sandstone

Sarnath (in modern India)

Ca.450–500. Gupta

Unknown Artist

Standing Buddha

Bronze

Bihar (in modern India)

Ca. 550–650. Gupta

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Vakataka nobility

Chaitya Hall

Carved bedrock

Cave 19, Ajanta (in modern India)

Ca. 450–500. Gupta

Unknown Artist

Patron: Vakataka nobility

Standing Buddha

Carved bedrock

Cave 19, Ajanta (in modern India)

Ca. 450–500. Gupta

Unknown Artist

Patron: Vakataka nobility

Bodhisattva Padmapani

Wall painting
Cave 1, Ajanta (in modern India)

Ca. 450–500. Gupta.

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Patron: a local ruler

Vishnu as Varaha

Carved bedrock

Cave 5, Udayagiri (in modern India)

Dedicated in 401. Gupta

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Chalukya nobility

Shiva Temple

Carved bedrock

Cave 1, Badami (in modern India)

Ca .550–600. Gupta

Unknown Artist

Patron: Chalukya nobility

Shiva Nataraja (Dancing Shiva)

Carved bedrock

Cave 1, Badami (in modern India)

Ca. 550–600. Gupta

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Kalachuri nobility

Shiva as Mahadeva

Carved bedrock

Cave 1, Elephanta (in modern India)

Ca. 550–575. Gupta

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Unknown Artist

Vishnu Temple

Stone architecture

Deogarh (in modern India)

Ca. 500–550. Gupta

Unknown Artist

Vishnu Asleep on the Serpent Ananta.

Stone.

Vishnu Temple, Deogarh (in modern India)

Ca. 500–550. Gupta

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Pallavanobility

Dharmaraja ratha

Carved bedrock

Mamallapuram (in modern India)

Ca. 650–700. Early Medieval South Asian

Unknown Artist

Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon Manisha

Carved bedrock

Mahishasuramardini Temple, Mamallapuram ( in modern India)

7th c. CE. Early Medieval South Asian

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Chola nobility

Rajarajeshvara Temple

Stone architecture (Southern temple type)

Thanjavur ( in modern India)

Ca. 1010. Early Medieval South Asian

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Chandellanobility

Vishvanatha Temple

Stone architecture (Northern temple type)

Khajuraho (in modern India)

Ca. 1000. Early Medieval South Asian

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Unknown Artist

Patron: Chandella nobility

Mithuna Reliefs

Stone.

Vishvanatha Temple ,Khajuraho (in modern India)

Ca. 1000. Early Medieval South Asian

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Unknown Artist

Shiva Nataraja (Dancing Shiva)

Bronze.

Tamil Nadu.

Ca. 1000. Early Medieval South Asian

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Patron: Qutbal Din Aybak

Qutb Minar

Stone and brick architecture

Delhi (in modern India).

1311. Ghorid (Pre-Mughal Islamic)

Basawan and Chatar Muni

“Akbar and the Elephant Hawai,” from Abul Fazl’s

Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

Watercolor on paper

Delhi (in modern India)

Ca. 1590. Mughal

Bichitr

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaykh to Kings

Watercolor on paper

Delhi (in modern India)

Ca. 1615–1618. Mughal

Sahifa Banu.

Shah Tahmasp Meditating

Watercolor on paper

Delhi (in modern India)

Ca.1600–1650. Mughal

Patron: Shah Jahan

Taj Mahal (Mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal)

Architecture

Agra (in modern India)

1632–1647. Mughal

Unknown Artist

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion

Watercolor on paper

Rajasthan (in modern India)

Ca. 1760. Rajput (bonus: Pahari School)

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  Borobudur

  Stone architecture

  Borobudur, Java (in modern Indonesia)

  Ca.  800.  Javanese.

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Unknown Artist

  Parinirvana

  (Death of the Buddha)

  Carved bedrock

  Gal Vihara,  Sri  Lanka.

  11th–12th  c.  Sri Lankan.

Unknown Artist

  Harihara

  Stone

  Praset Andet (in modern Cambodia)

  Ca. 600– 650.  Khmer.

Unknown Artist

  Vishnu Lying on the Cosmic Ocean

  Inlaid bronze

  Mebon Temple, Angkor (in modern Cambodia)

  11th c.

  Khmer.

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Patron: King Suryavarman II

  Angkor Wat

  Stone architecture

  Angkor (in modern Cambodia)

  1113–1150.  Khmer

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Patron: King Suryavarman II

  King Suryavarman II Holding Court

  Stone

  Angkor Wat, Angkor (in modern Cambodia)

  1113–1150.  Khmer.

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Patron: King Jayavarman VII

  Bayon  Temple

   Angkor Thom, Angkor  (in modern  Cambodia)

   1181–1219.  Khmer.

Unknown Artist

  Walking Buddha

  Bronze

  Sukhothai (in modern Thailand)

  14th c.  Thai.

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  Emerald Buddha

   Green Jasper

  Emerald Temple Bangkok  (in modern  Thailand)

  15th  c.

   Thai.

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Unknown Artist

  Schwedagon Pagoda

  Architecture with  gilding  and  jewels

  Rangoon (Yangoon)  (in modern Myanmar/Burma).

  14th  c.  and later.  Burmese.