SLIDE LIST 2

CORE IMAGES

HINDU ART AND MINIATURE PAINTING

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Relief sculpture with figures and animals in granite

Descent of the Ganges (Mahamallapuram)

Pallava period
image of a Hindu temple of the Dravida type

Kailasanatha Temple (Kanchipuram)

Pallava period
image of a stone sculptural relief of a dancing Shiva

Dancing Shiva (Rameshvara cave, Ellora)
image of a relief of Shiva and Parvati with other figures above Ravana

Shiva and Parvati on Kailasa (Dhumar Lena cave, Ellora)
image of the main Hindu temple at Ellora

Kailasanatha Temple (Ellora)

Rashtrakuta period (Chalukya style)

image of a stone relief of a dancing Shiva

Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance)

Elephanta
image of relief of Shiva and Parvati with other figures above Ravana

Shiva and Parvati on Kailasa (Ellora)

Rashtrakuta period (Chalukya style)
image of a Hindu temple of the Nagara type

Kandarya Mahadeva Temple (Khajuraho)

Chandella kingdom
image of the Rajarajeshvara Hindu temple, Dravida type

Rajarajeshvara Temple (Brihadeshvara Temple, Thanjavur)

Chola period
image of a bronze sculpture of the dancing Shiva in a ring of flames

Shiva as Lord of the Dance

Chola period
image of a Mudhal painting showing a battle scene at a dam

Alam Shah closing the dam at Shishan Pass

Mughal empire
image of a painting of a Mughal painting of a zebra

MANSUR

Zebra

Mughal empire
image of a Mughal painting of an emperor on an hourglass throne

BICHITR

Allegorical Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Mughal empire
image of a Rajput painting showing a woman visiting her lover

Madhu Madhavi Ragini

Rajput kingdoms
image of a Rajput painting showing an episode from the Ramayana

An episode of the Ramayana

Rajput kingdoms
image of a Rajput painting of Krishna lying on a bed

Krishna Awaiting Radha

Rajput kingdoms