South Asian Art 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,

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

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

Bodhisattva

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

Nalanda Mahavihara

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

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

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

Chakrasamvara

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

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.

Shiva as Lord of Dance, Chola Period

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

26 7/8 in Met Museum.