HIAA0023 South Asian Art & Architecture Midterm

Bust of the “priest-king,” Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilization, ca. 2600-

1900 BCE. White steatite, 6.9 in × 4.3 in.

Figure in yogic posture, Seal, Steatite. Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley

Civilization, ca. 2500-2400 BCE

Lion capital, Ashokan Pillar at Sarnath, ca. 250 BCE,

Polished Sandstone, 82 x 112 inches.

Great Stupa, Sanchi, originally built ca. 250 BCE, enlarged ca. 50-25 BCE.

Brick and Sandstone. Diameter: 120 feet, Height: 54 feet.

The Great Departure, East Gateway, Great Stupa, Sanchi, c. 50-25 BCE.

Sandstone

Yakshi beneath a mango tree,

East gateway, Great Stupa, Sanchi, ca. 50-25 BC. Sandstone

Standing Buddha within a stupa, drum slab, carved limestone, Amaravati, ca. 100-200 CE

Buddhapada (footprints of the Buddha).

[Each footprint bears a dharmachakra

(wheel of law)]. Carved limestone,

Amaravati, ca. 100-200 CE

Seated Shakyamuni

("Sage of the Shakya

clan;” the Buddha.)

with attendants,

Katra (near Mathura),

India, 1st c. CE. Red

Sandstone.

Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 1st to 3rd century CE, Grey Schist.

20.7 inches

Portrait statue of emperor Kanishka, Mathura,

2nd century CE, Red Sandstone.

Buddha Preaching the First Sermon,

Sarnath, Gupta period, c. 465-85 CE,

Sandstone.

Standing Jain Tirthankara

[Parshvanatha], Gupta Period,

6th century, Sandstone

Linga with Face of

Shiva, Gupta period,

first half of the 5th

century CE, India

(Madhya Pradesh),

Sandstone.

Vishnu temple, Deogarh, Gupta period, c. 500 CE, Red Sandstone

South wall | Sculptural Reliefs on the Vishnu temple, Deogarh, Gupta period, c. 500 CE, Red Sandstone

East wall | Sculptural Reliefs on the Vishnu temple, Deogarh, Gupta period, c. 500 CE, Red Sandstone

North Wall | Sculptural Reliefs on the Vishnu temple, Deogarh, Gupta period, c. 500 CE, Red Sandstone

Entrance to the chaitya hall, Bhaja, ca. 100-70 BCE,

Basalt rock and wood

Vihara (monastery), Ajanta, c. 462-500 CE, Basalt rock and paint on dry fresco

Bodhisattva Padmapani, Cave 1,

Ajanta, c. 462-500

Bodhisattva Vajrapani, Cave 1,

Ajanta, c. 462-500

Lustration Scene, Cave 1, Ajanta, c. 462-500

Nalanda Mahavihara [Nalanda University, Mahavihara essentially means great (maha)

monastery (vihara)], Founded near Pataliputra (present-day Patna), it ran from ca. 427 to

1197 CE.

Buddha Expounding the

Dharma, late 8th century, Sri

Lanka. Copper alloy.

(may come out w/ a picture of the lost wax process image)

Buddha Offering Protection, Gupta period, late 6th–early

7th century, India (probably Bihar). Copper alloy

[Chakrasamvara] (Chakra is

wheel, Samvara is the

name of the deity at the

center] Mandala, ca. 1100,

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley.

Paint on cloth

Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia, early 9th century, Andesite stone

South wall, Elephanta, c. 550-575, Basalt rock.

Architectural Plan, Elephanta, c. 550-575, Basalt rock.

Shiva Dancing, Ellora, 7th century CE, Basalt rock

Kailasa Temple, Ellora, 8th century, Basalt Rock

Pancha Rathas [Pancha=Five;

Ratha=Carts], Mamallapuram, Tamil

Nadu, 7th century CE, Granite

Sculptural Relief, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, 7th c. CE, Granite

Kandariha Mahadeva Temple [Main Temple at Khajuraho], 1029 CE, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, Sandstone.

Relief Sculptures on the Kandariha Mahadeva Temple [the main temple at Khajuraho], 11th century CE, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, Sandstone.

Shiva as Lord of Dance, Chola Period

(880-1279), Tamil Nadu. Bronze, H.

26 7/8 in Met Museum.