Indian and Asian

Art

Indus Civilization Art

Great bath, Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

2600-1900 B.C.E.

Robed Male Figure

from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

ca. 2000-1900 B.C.E.steatite6 7/8 in. high

Seal , from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, ca. 2600-1900 B.C.E.steatite

Seals , from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

ca. 2500-1700 B.C.E.steatiteeach 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.

Seals , from Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

ca. 2500-1700 B.C.E.

Indian Buddhist Art

Lion capital from column erected byEmperor Ashoka

from Sarnath, India

272-231 B.C.E.polished sandstone8 feet high

Great Stupa, Sanchi, India

3rd century B.C.E. to 1st century C.E.

Great Stupa, Sanchi, India

third century B.C.E. to first century C.E.

Great Stupa

Sanchi, India

third century B.C.E. to first century C.E.

Great Stupa

Sanchi, India

first century B.C.E. to first century C.E.

Great Stupa

Sanchi, India

first century B.C.E. to first century C.E.

Chaitya Hall

Karle, India

ca. 100 C.E.

Chaitya Hall, Karle, India, ca. 100 C.E.

Seated Buddha

from Gandhara, Pakistan

2nd century C.E.grey schist3 ft. 7 1/2 in. high

Life and Death of the Buddha, from Gandhara, Pakistan, 2nd century C.E., schist, 2 ft. 2 3/8 in. high

Queen Maya gives birth to Prince Siddhartha

Life and Death of the Buddha, from Gandhara, Pakistan, 2nd century C.E., schist

Enlightenment at Badh Gaya

Life and Death of the Buddha, from, Gandhara, Pakistan, 2nd century C.E., schist,2 ft. 2 3/8 in. highpreaching first sermon at Sarnath

Life and Death of the Buddha

from Gandhara, Pakistan

2nd century C.E.schist2 ft. 2 3/8 in. high

death at Kushinagara

Interior of cave 19

Ajanta, India

2nd half of 5th century

Seated Buddha preaching first sermon

from Sarnath, India

5th century C.E.sandstone

Afghanistan

Bamayan Buddhas (destroyed)

Bamayan, Afghanistan

3rd century C.E.

150 feet tall

Bamayan Buddhas (destroyed),Bamayan, Afghanistan, 3rd century C.E.,150 feet tall

Indian Hindu Art

Dancing Shiva, Badami, India, sixth century C.E.relief in cave temple

Shiva as Mahadeva

Cave I, Elephanta, India

ca. 550-575 C.E.Basalt17 ft. 10 in. high

Visvanatha Temple

Khajuraho, India

ca. 1000 C.E.

Visvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, India, ca. 1000

Visvanatha Temple

Khajuraho, India

ca. 1000 C.E.

Sri Lankan Buddhist Art

Death of the Buddha (Parinirvana), Gal Virhara, Sri Lanka

11th - 12th century C.E.

Javanese Buddhist Art

Cosmic Mountain, Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, ca. 800 C.E., 400 ft. wide

Khmer (Cambodian)

Art

Angkor, Cambodia, 12th century C.E.

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, 12th century C.E.

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, 12th century C.E.

King Suryavarman II holding court, Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, 12th century C.E.

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia,12th century C.E.

Vishnu lying of the cosmic ocean, from Mebon temple, Western Baray,Angkor, Cambodia, 12th century C.E., 8 feet long

Towers of the Bayon, Angkor Thom, Cambodia

12th to 13th centuries C.E.

Towers of the Bayon

Angkor Thom, Cambodia

12th to 13th centuries C.E.