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  1. Dancing Ganesha

    10th cent. Red Stone statue from the Kalachuri Dynasty of #MadhyaPradesh shows Him holding His Broken Tusk with which He writes #Ramayana

    #Hindu God Lord #Ganesha is worshipped in #India & South-east Asia as a remover of Obstacles (#TrumpTariffs ?) & for grant of Wealth & Success

    #GaneshChaturthi

    Now at #TheMet (Metropolitan #Museum of #Art)

    #IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #AncientIndia #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt

  2. A handsomely carved 3rd century AD grey schist of Avalokiteshvara #Bodhisattva identified by the seated #Buddha Amitabha in his turban headdress from the #AncientIndian region of #Gandhara now in #Afghanistan #Pakistan is coming up for auction by Bonhams #Paris on 12th June 2023, estimate €100,000-150,000.

    #India #AncientIndia #IndianHertitage #IndianReligion #IndianHistory #Religion #Buddhist #Heritage #Art #History #Buddhism #IndianCulture #IndianReligions

  3. An Extremely Rare 3rd century Schist of #Buddha (Probably Buddha-to-be, not Maitreya whose Advent we Look Forward to in the Current Era) from the Ancient #Gandhara Region of #Afghanistan #Pakistan now at British Museum #London.

    This #Bodhisatva with an Unusual Ornate Halo of Sun-Rays Resembling Javelins is Relatively an Unknown Subject in #AncientIndian #Art

    #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Religion #Buddhism #Buddhist #India #Heritage #History #Religions #AncientIndia

  4. A 3rd century Grey Schist Figure Depicting a #Bodhisatva (#Buddha) from the Ancient #Indian Region of #Gandhara of #Afghanistan #Pakistan sold by Sotheby's on 22 September 2020.

    Seated in a 'Vajraparyankasana' Posture with Hands held in 'Dharamchakra Mudra', He wears Heavy Robes & Jewelry, alongwith an Unusual Crown, Rarely Seen!

    #IndianHistory
    #AncientIndia #Religion #Buddhism #GautamBuddha #Amitabha #Buddhist #Art #IndianCulture #Heritage #History #IndianHeritage

    #Religions of #India

  5. Archaeologists find dozens of giant stone jars on Indian hillsides - Enlarge (credit: Nicholas Skopal)

    Hundreds of huge stone jars ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1849544 #ancientindia #ancientasia #archaeology #plainofjars #gravegoods #science #india #laos