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17 Cards in this Set
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10-1 South Asia Ashokan Pillar -Massive Monolithic Pillar -Located in Northern India -Maurya Period, 246 BCE. -Designation "Beloved of the Gods" is King Ashoka Maurya |
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10-4 South Asia Torso of "Priest-King" -From: Mohenjo-Daro -Material: Steatite -Low forehead, broad nose, thick lips, long slit eyes. -Garment is patterned with Trefoil (Three-lobed) motif -Headband might represent rank & Geometric form/pose conveys commanding human presence. |
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10-5 South Asia Male Torso (Nude Torso from Harappa) -Red sandstone -Less than 4 inches tall -contrasting naturalistic style of ancient Indus Origin |
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10-6 South Asia Lion Capital -From Ashokan pillar at Sarnath in India -Maurya Period -Polished Sandstone, 7ft tall -Originally crowned the pillar erected at Sarnath at the site of the Buddha's first sermon. |
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10-8-9 South Asia The Great Stupa at Sanchi & Yakshi Bracket Figure -Early buddhist in India -Figure Material: Sandstone -She implies her role as a guardian or devotee |
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10-10 South Asia Chaitya Hall, Karle -India -Vihara: monks living quarters -Chaitya (Sanctuary): enshrined a stupa |
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10-12 South Asia Standing Buddha -Material: Schist -Height: 7'8" -Kushan Period |
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10-13 South Asia Buddha and Attendants -Red Sandstone -Height: 27" -Kushan Period -High relief carving -Mudras: gestures |
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10-14-15 South Asia Vishnu Temple, Deogarh & Vishnu lying on the cosmic waters -Mandala: sacred diagram -Shikhara: Central tower -Garbhagriha: womb chamger -Relief panel: Sandstone, 5' |
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10-17 South Asia Bodhisattva -Detail of a wall painting in Cave 1 -Bodhisattvas: are enlightened beings who postpone nirvana and buddhahood to help others achieve enlightenment |
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10-18 South Asia Standing Buddha -Sandstone coated in Stucco -height: 175' -Located off Silk Road in Afghanistan |
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10-22 South Asia Eternal Shiva -Rock-cut relief in the cave-temple of Shiva -Material: Elephanta -Height: 11' |
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10-27-28 South Asia Kandariya Mahadeva Temple & Erotic Sculptures -A temple dedicated to Shiva at Khajuraho -Sandstone |
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10-29 South Asia Parinirvana of the Buddha -Granite -rock-cut -depicts buddhas final death and transcendence |
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10-31 South Asia Shiva Nataraja (shiva as lord of the dance) -Bronze |
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10-33 Southeast Asia Harihara -Sandstone -pre-Angkorian Khmer -Depicts a merged form of the Hindu gods Shiva and Vishnu |
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10-40 Southeast Asia Angkor Wat -aka: Suryavarman II's temple mountain |
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