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Revised 5/5/2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

/ bronze

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon / Durga Temple, Aihole, India / Chalukya period

/ 8^th cent. CE / sandstone relief

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

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

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

/ sandstone

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

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

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

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

22. King Narasimhadeva I with his Guru / Surya Temple, Konarak, India / Ganga period

/ 13^th cent. CE / chloritic schist relief

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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