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Hindu Temple Bas-Reliefs

Bas-reliefs from ancient Hindu temples illustrating mythological stories and daily life scenes, featuring intricate designs and historical significance.

Detail at ancient Temple Angkor Wat Cambodia Khmer
Detail at ancient Temple Angkor Wat Cambodia Khmer
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Section of a Buddhist Pagoda. China. Date: 724 AD. Dimensions: 66.0 × 43.2 × 41.9 cm (26 × 17 × 16 1/2 in.). Limestone. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Mayan stela J, dating from 756 AD, Quirigua, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America
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Polonnaruwa, the second most ancient of Sri Lanka's kingdoms, was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 CE to reunite the country under a national leader.
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Relief from the Ratha temple chariot (avatar of Vishnu). unknown, sculptor
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Statue of female dancing legs posture in Adinath jain temple heritage, Village Dilwara, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Ajanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Relief in cave n°2.
1525R-51892
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Door frame with human figures and decorative elements depicted 11th century AD, Kalchurian period, found at Katni, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Relief on the base of Palazzo Bucelli inlaid with stone fragments, cinerary urns, Etruscan and Roman inscriptions, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy.
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Stone relief, Buddhist temple complex Borobudur, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Asia
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Celestial Beauty (Apsara). India; Rajasthan, possibly Osian. Date: 701 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 84.5 x 28.6 x 15.3 cm (33 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 6 in.). Buff sandstone. Origin: Rajasthan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Ruined statue in heritage Buddhist excavated site, Udayagiri, Orissa, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox
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Elephant relief on the wall of the Jagdish Temple, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
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ITALIA. ROMA. DETALLE COLUMNA DE TRAJANO EN EL FORO ROMANO OBRA DE APOLODORO DE DAMASCO SIGLO II. CELEBRA LAS CAMPAÑAS DEL EMPERADOR CONTRA LOS DACIOS (ACTUAL RUMANIA).
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India, Tamil Nadu, murals in Bodinayakanur palace, 18th century
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Indian dancer statue made of marble, 11 century A.D
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Botanical Garden, Phuket Botanical Garden, Phuket, Phuket, Thailand, Asia
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Ornamental figures from Cuttack
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Indian dancer statue made of marble, 11 century A.D
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Gilded relief, scenes from the Vessantara Jataka, Vat Mai, Suwannaphummaham, Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia
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India, Tamil Nadu, murals in Bodinayakanur palace, 18th century
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Three waterspouts and a fighter between lion paws (former Lichte collection). Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta district, D.I. Yogyakarta province, 9th century..
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Binglingsi Shiku (Thousand Buddha Caves) is a collection of caves and grottoes set in an inaccessible canyon by the Yellow River about 80km upstream from Lanzhou. The site's very isolation has protected and preserved Binglingsi, not least from marauding Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 76). The first Buddhist grottoes at Binglingsi date from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (c. 317 - 420 CE), and construction continued for well over a thousand years throughout the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing eras. The Bingling caves were often sponsored by wealthy patrons investing some of their Silk Road profits in accruing merit for this life and the next. A total of 183 caves, together with nearly 700 carved stone statues and 82 terracotta sculptures survive, many showing very clear evidence of South Asian Buddhist artistic influences - indeed, art experts agree that Binglingsi is a stylistic midpoint between the former monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, and grotto complexes further
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Bas-relief from Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
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Kyffhaeuser Monument, Barbarossa monument, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
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Pre-Columbian Art. Maya.Tikal. Relief of the North Acropolis. Peten. Guatemala.
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Statue of couple making romance, Konarak, Orissa, India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox
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Punic stele from sanctuary, Bardo National Museum, Carthage, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunisia, North Africa
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Terracotta army, Xian, China, Asia
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Lautenbach, collegiate church, portal vestibule, figure capital
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Sculptures of deity guards at the Khmer Hindu Temple, Banteay Srei, Angkor, Siem Riep, Cambodia, Asia
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Carved and painted stone figures representing the bodily forms (or 'Avatara') of the God Vishnu. Collected from Jaipur in Rajasthan by Major-General James Stuart of the British East India Company.
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Een bas-reliëf van de Borobudur
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Cambodia, Angkor, detail of Angkor Vat, bas relief of two women
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Ornate low relief sculpture of dragon on wall.
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Stone relief, Badami Caves, carved out of solid rock in 6th to 7th century, carved out of solid rock, Badami, Karnataka, India, Asia
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Jaipur, India. One of the numerous palaces in Jaipur.
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Durga sculpture, unpainted, Kumartuli quarter, Kolkata, Calcutta, India, Asia
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Asia, Singapore. Large, elaborate sculpture
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Stone sculpture of monkeys in an everyday scene, finely detailed, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia
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'Piedra del Sol' (Stone of the Sun), Aztec civilization, National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico
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Relief, Arjuna's penance, descent of the Ganges, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia