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The Art of India 20,000 B.C. to 500 A.D.

The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

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Page 1: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

The Art of India

20,000 B.C. to 500 A.D.

Page 2: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

HUNTING A DEER

Page 3: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

HUNTING A DEER

•PREHISTORIC ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA

•20,000 TO 5000 YEARS OLD

•40 MILES SOUTH OF BHOPAL

•NOTICE THE GRASS IN THE DEER’S STOMACH

Page 4: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

PREHISTORIC GROUP DANCING

Page 5: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

PREHISTORIC GROUP DANCING

•ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA

•DRAWN ON ROCK HILLSIDES

•NEAR BHOPAL, INDIA

•20,000 TO 5,000 YEARS AGO

Page 6: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

PREHISTORIC ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA

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PREHISTORIC CHARIOT OR PLOW

•Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bhimabetaka

•Near Bhopal, India

•20,000 to 5,000 years ago

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ADORNING THE SELF

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ADORNING THE SELF

•Woman puts on make-up

•Wooden sculpture

•Indus Valley Civilization

•3000-1500 B.C.

Page 10: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

Reclining Mouflon (wild sheep)

Page 11: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

Reclining Mouflon

• Harappan, Indus Valley

• 2600 - 1900 B.C.

Page 12: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

Dancer in Repose

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Dancer in Repose

•Bronze Statue of a Dancer

•Moheno-Daro Civilization

•Indus Valley Art

•2nd Century B.C.

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Lord Buddha from SarnathTemple Painting

Page 15: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

Lord Buddha from a Sarnath Temple Painting

•Shows Buddha undisturbed by the evils and pleasures of life

•1st Century A.D., India

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PANDYAN STONE STATUE

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PANDYAN STONE STATUE

•200 B.C. TO 300 B.C.

•PANDYAN DYNASTY

•MADUARI, TAMIL NADU

•SOUTHERNMOST REGION OF INDIA

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Bodhisatva with Lotus in Hand

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•Bodhivista--painting from Ajanta

•Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls)

•Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India

•4th Century A.D.

Bodhivista with Lotus in Hand

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Three-storied Buddhist School

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Three-storied Buddhist School

•From the Caves of Ellora in Maharashtra India

•5th Century A.D., India’s Golden Age

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Kailasa Temple at Ellora

Page 23: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

Kailasa Temple at Ellora

• Rock-cut masonry

•Hindu temple•Dedicated to Shiva

•Life sized elephants

•Maharashtra, India (near Bombay)

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Buddha, Ajanta Caves

Page 25: The Art of India · •Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls) •Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India •4th Century A.D

BUDDHA, AJANTA CAVES

•Chiseled Stone

•1st Century B.C.

•Sanctuary to Buddha

•Aurangabad, India