Throughout its history Kashmir has experienced an art life very much its own as well as accepting and absorbing influences and imported from neighbouring areas. The sculptural masterpieces that have survived in the valley have attracted the attention of art-historians and the scholars in the allied disciplines from time to time and have always been praised for their fine workmanship and...
The purpose of this article is to discuss on the sculptural art, architectural features of the Dhavalesvara temple of Dhavalesvara in the Cuttack district of Odisha. Dhavalesvara temple is a significant Shaiva Shrine of the Cuttack district of the state of Odisha. This temple is very famous shrine in that locality, for which, a good number of devotees come to visit this shrine. Old sculptures of...
The society of the Sultanate rule in India has its own characteristics. Before the arrival of Muslims in India, many castes had made their debut like Kushan, Shaka, Greek, Parthian etc. but Indian civilization and culture was so big that in course of time all these castes were merged in Hindu society. But at the time of the arrival of the Muslims, there was a big difference in the composition of...
In 86 BCE Proconsul Lucius Cornelius Sulla’s (138-78 BCE) looked over the potential battlefield at the broad plain near Chaeronea. He heard horses neigh, and men rumble as they set up camp. Sulla knew the upcoming engagement of his 30,000 legionnaires against the 120,000-man army of Mithridates VI (135-78 BCE) (Appian 12.3.17, 12.6.41) of Pontus would be bloody, brutal, and deadly. General...
The aim of present article is to focus on the sculptural features as well as religious significance of the ten Jaina images of the Odisha State Museum, Bhubaneswar. Iconography of ten Jaina Tirthankara images of the Odisha State Museum is a major aspect of the Odishan sculptural art in India. Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the state of Odisha. The earliest Jaina sculptures in Odisha...
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