Archaeological Remains of Ancient India

[Shaitan]

Amaravati Stupa Reliefs, 2nd Century AD, Satavahanas

 

[Shaitan]

Gandhara Art, 2nd-3rd Century AD

Mathura Art, 2nd-3rd Century AD

Kushan Coin


Attire of Kushan kings.

 

[SKC]

Chandraketugarh, Sunga Art, 2nd Century BC


Various scenes

Chandraketugarh, Sunga Art, 2nd Century BC

Chandraketugarh, Sunga Art, 2nd Century BC

Wow these are amazing piece of work.

Such kind of prices from Chinese civilizations are worth million dollars. Chinese millionaires and billionaires are buying up such thing of their old dynasty era all around the world.
And here no one cares about such majestic things.

 

[LurkerBaba]

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Maurya streets

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Based on the relief images of Maurya's successors - Sanchi, Bharhut, etc. I remember giving these guys so much references for the Maurya faction in the 0 AD game and they ended up producing something near accurate. Only thing that compares is the old Chanakya series from the 90s.

Slightly OT,
You've seen the entire Chanakya series ?

 

[Shaitan]

Slightly OT,
You've seen the entire Chanakya series ?

I think I stopped back then because there wasnt any English subs, but who ever put the series together did their research regarding attire, architecture, etc. Modern examples like the Ashoka movie are no good.

Wow these are amazing piece of work.

Such kind of prices from Chinese civilizations are worth million dollars. Chinese millionaires and billionaires are buying up such thing of their old dynasty era all around the world.
And here no one cares about such majestic things.

Yeah, chandraketugarh pieces are some of the most valuable architectural finds from India, imo. We actually have a decent depiction of how classical India looked like because of chandraketugarh, sanchi, bharhut, etc.

chandraketugarh is also important because we see some stories that were important to the Hindus of the time.

 

[Assassin 2.0]

 

[nrj]

Kailash Temple at Ellora is probably one of the most underrated archeological site on the planet.

 

[nrj]

Kailash Temple at Ellora is probably one of the most underrated archeological site on the planet.

And let me say this at the cost of offending some, ancient hindu structures at Elllora (and surrounding areas) are truly the unbelievable wizardry. Buddhist/Jain structures & additions are relatively new. Site gets trivialized a lot, and the original structures could very well predate the form of faith known today.

Spend few days here, you'll develop a new perspective altogether.

 

[Shaitan]

Crazy what people around the world have achieved with simple tools, right?

Rock cut art in India starts around the time of Ashoka. There is one small relief image from classical India, one of a kind in the entirety of Indian art which shows these hard working people.

Rock cutters, Bharhut Stupa, 2nd Century BC

 

[timmy]

Chandraketugarh 2nd century BC

 

[Shaitan]

Gold Plaque, Varanasi, 2nd century BC

 

[Shaitan]

Cyclopean Wall of Rajgir

 

[Assassin 2.0]

Reaffirming a civilisational connect.

Monolithic sandstone Shiv Linga of 9th c CE is latest find in ongoing conservation project. Applaud
@ASIGoI
team for their work at Cham Temple Complex, My Son, #Vietnam. Warmly recall my visit there in 2011.

 

[LurkerBaba]

Silver plate from the Gupta period(400 AD) depicts the celebration of a spring festival.

 

[Assassin 2.0]

 

[timmy]

Adaab arz he

this greeting can be traced long before the mughals (wrongly attributed to the mughals), indus civilization people used it and later the historic period it was used by the indians as well. (this was also used by mesopotamians btw). its a remnant of a very ancient practice.

In middle east the same greeting was modified to be used as a 'puttnig hands on chest' gesture.

 

[Shaitan]

The four armed Devi in photo 1 is of 1st c. CE from Nagar Rajasthan, and she is seen holding up a mahisha/buffalo (theriomorphic representation of the asura), by pushing him up with her front right hand and pulling his tongue with her front left hand. She carries a rectangular armour or khetaka in her back left hand, and a trisula in her back right hand. Her simha/lion vahana sits quietly below her, and seems quite uninvolved in the tussle going on above him. Few more similar images were found from Nagar (ranging from 1st c. BCE to 1st c. CE), thus showing the presence of the devi worshippers (Sakta group) in this region even in the pre-Kushana era (Agrawala, 1958). Similar images of the devi from the Kushana period were also found from Besnagar and Mathura (photo 2). The findings of these murtis in the late 1940s- 50s dispelled the earlier theory (by Banerjea, 1941) that Mahishasuramardini murtis were not extant prior to the Gupta period.

more: https://www.softpowermag.com/images-of-the-mother-goddess/

 

[Shaitan]

Maurya Era Caskets - One of them is a clear crystal.

Piprahwa Stupa

Some of the gems and gold contained.

 

[Tuco]

Crystal Casket wow so well preserved and so beautiful.

 

[timmy]

can anybody guess what type of instrument he is playing, he seems to be holding a lute or a sitar/vina like instrument but he holds some other thing in his other hand which to me appears like he is playing a bow/string instrument.

Musical bow - Wikipedia

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