Animals in Stone Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time

• Muut tekijät: van der Geer, Alexandra (Toimittaja)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Brill 2008
• Aiheet: Asian history; Oriental art; Indian sub-continent; animal; art; deities; domestication; history; ho2; Indian; mythology; ritual; sacrifice; sculpture; theriomorphic; vahana; zoomorphic
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and reli...