#kushan — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #kushan, aggregated by home.social.
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Panel fragment of #Hindu God #Shiva
3rd century CE #Kushan votive panel of Shiva (Oesho) along with hands of a missing worshipper from the ancient #Bactria region of #Gandhara #Afghanistan now #TheMet TheMetropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
The side holes suggests that this was attached to the wall of a temple or a domestic religious area
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Heritage #History #Histodons #Hinduism #Religion #India #MastoArt #IndianCulture #HinduismAbroad #Museums
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A team of early-career researchers from @UniKoeln announced to have successfully deciphered the hitherto "unreadable" Central Asian #Kushan #script, puzzling™ scholars for about seventy years:
https://scitechdaily.com/seventy-year-old-puzzle-solved-researchers-decipher-ancient-unknown-kushan-script via #SciTechDaily
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Ucha Pind (meaning Village on a Mound) Sanghol is a village between #Chandigarh & #Ludhiana in #Punjab #India
Described as a #IndusValleyCivilization #Harappa site (c2500 BCE).
However, excavations of the site has revealed a constant human habitation upto 5th century AD.
A #Buddhist stupa, #Hindu & #Jain artefacts etc like this c2nd cent. AD #Kushan panel of a 'Yakshi piggyback riding a Yaksha'.#AncientIndia #Art #Religion #IndianMythology #IndianHertitage #IndianHistory #Heritage #History
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Ucha Pind (meaning Village on a Mound) Sanghol is a village between #Chandigarh & #Ludhiana in #Punjab #India
Described as a #IndusValleyCivilization #Harappa site (c2500 BCE).
However, excavations of the site has revealed a constant human habitation upto 5th century AD.
A #Buddhist stupa, #Hindu & #Jain artefacts etc like this c2nd cent. AD #Kushan panel of a 'Yakshi piggyback riding a Yaksha'.#AncientIndia #Art #Religion #IndianMythology #IndianHertitage #IndianHistory #Heritage #History