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Shiva Linga / Gudimallam, India / Satavahana or Shunga period / ca. 1^st cent.

Gajendramoksha / Deogarh, India / Gupta period / ca. 500 CE / sandstone relief

Vishnu reclining on serpent / Deogarh, India / Gupta period / ca. 500 CE / sandstone relief

Vishnu as Varaha (Cosmic Boar avatar) / Udayagiri, India / Gupta period / ca. early 5^th cent. CE / sandstone rock-cut relief

Standing Vishnu / northern India / Gupta period / 5^th cent. CE / terracotta

Shiva Maheshvara (Triple Manifestation of the God Shiva) / Cave #1, Elephanta, India / Kalacuri period / 6^th cent. CE / basalt rock-cut relief

Ardhanarishvara / Cave #1, Elephanta, India / Kalacuri period / 6^th cent. CE / basalt rock-cut relief

Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon / Durga Cave, Mamallapuram, India / Pallava period / 7^th cent CE / granite rock-cut relief

Great Penance / Mamallapuram, India / Pallava period / 7^th cent. CE / granite rock-cut relief

Great Penance / Mamallapuram, India / Pallava period / 7^th cent. CE / granite rock-cut relief (detail of Shiva and ascetic Bhagiratha/Arjuna)

Shore Temple / Mamallapuram, India / Pallava period / 8th cent. CE / granite

Kailasanatha Temple / Ellora, India / Rashtrakuta period / 8^th cent. CE / basalt rock- cut temple

Ravana shaking Mt. Kailasa / Kailasanatha Temple, Ellora, India / Rashtrakuta period / 8^th cent. CE / basalt rock-cut relief

Shiva with his bull vahana / Durga Temple, Aihole, India / Chalukya period / 8^th cent. CE / sandstone relief

Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon / Durga Temple, Aihole, India / Chalukya period / 8^th cent. CE / sandstone relief

Mother Goddesses / Kannauj, India / 9^th cent. CE / sandstone

Kali / Nolamba, India / 9^th cent. CE / black schist

Shiva’s Family / northern India / ca. mid-10^th cent. CE / sandstone

Celestial Beauty / Khajuraho, India / Chandella period / 10^th cent. CE / sandstone

Idealized Portrait of a Chola Queen as the Goddess Parvati / southeastern India / Chola period / 10^th cent. / bronze

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple / Khajuraho, India / Chandella period / 11^th cent. CE/ sandstone

Womb Chamber Doorway of the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple / Khajuraho, India / Chandella period / 11^th cent. CE / sandstone

Mithuna (loving couple) / Khajuraho, India / Chandella period / 11^th cent. CE / sandstone relief

Shiva as Enchanting Beggar / southeastern India / Chola period / early 11th cent. CE /

Hindu Mother Saint / southeastern India / Chola period / 11^th cent. CE / bronze

Shiva as the Cosmic Pillar / southeastern India / Chola period / early 12^th century / granulite

Shiva Nataraja (“Lord of Dance”) / southeastern India / Chola period / 12^th cent. CE / bronze

Dancing Child Krishna / southeastern India / Chola period / 12^th cent. CE / bronze

Surya Temple / Konarak, India / Ganga period / 13^th cent. CE / chloritic schist

King Narasimhadeva I with his Guru / Surya Temple, Konarak, India / Ganga period/ 13^th cent. CE / chloritic schist relief

Standing Surya / Surya Temple, Konarak, India / Ganga period / 13^th cent. CE / chloritic schist relief