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Indian sculpture from the 1st to 4th centuries ce: Andhradesha

Besides the schools of Mathura and Gandhara, a most accomplished school of sculpture flourished in Andhradesha during the three centuries after Christ, the most important centres being Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda. The remains consist mainly of carved railings and rectangular slabs that decorated the great Buddhist stupas, which have largely disappeared. The finds are thus fragmentary and belong to several phases of construction or to separate monuments spanning the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd centuries ce.

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  • Pallavi Krishnan performing the mohini attam. [K K Gopalakrishnan]
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  • Plan of the sanctum of a South Indian temple.
  • Elevation of a South Indian temple with the kūṭina type of …
  • Southern gopura of the Śiva temple at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, c. ad 1248 [P. Chandra]
  • Steatite seal, Indus valley civilization, c. 2300–c. 1750 bce; in the National … [P. Chandra]
  • Mithuna, terra-cotta sculpture from India, Gupta period, 5th century ce; in the Honolulu Academy … [Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, purchase, 2003 (12,476.1)]
  • Dagger with a horse-head handle, steel, jade, gold, rubies, diamond, and emerald, from India, … [Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of Drs. Edmund J. and Julie Lewis, 2002 (11851.1)]
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