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India and Pakistan. Culture and Values pp. 173 -179. Robed male figure, from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, ca. 2600–1900 BCE. Steatite, 6 7/8” high. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi.
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India and Pakistan Culture and Values pp. 173 -179
Robed male figure, from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, ca. 2600–1900 BCE. Steatite, 6 7/8” high. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi.
The Life and Death of Buddha, frieze from Gandhara, Pakistan, second century CE. Schist, 2’x2-3/8” x 9’ 6-1/8”. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Yakshi, detail of eastern gateway, Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, mid-first century BCE to early first century CE. Meditating Buddha, from Gandhara, pakistan, second century CE. Gray schist, 3’ 7.5” high. National Museums of Scotland.
Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, third century BCE to first century CE (View from the east).
Lion Capital of column erected by Ashoka at Sarnath, India, ca. 250 BCE. Polished sandstone, approx. 7’ high. Archaeological Museum, Sarnath.
Dancing Shiva, rock-cut relief in cave temple, Badami, India, late 6th century. Shiva as Nataraja, bronze in the Naltunai Ishvaram Temple, Punjai, India, ca. 1000.
VishvanathaTemple, Khajuraho, India, ca. 1000. (View looking northwest and plan).
Basawan and Chatar Muni, Akbar and the Elephant Hawai, folio 22 from the Akbarnama (History of Akbar) by Abul Fazl, ca. 1590. Opaque watercolor on paper, 1’ 2” x 8-3/4”. Victoria and Alert Museum, London. Bichitr, Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaykh to Kings, ca. 1615-1618. Opaque watercolor on paper, 1’7” x 1’1”. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.