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Site Name: Naresar

Date: ca 700-899 CE

Subject: South face, Ganesa in southeast corner

Site Name: Naresar

Date: ca 700-899 CE

Subject: South face, mandapa, Ganesa in center

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: This is a platform immediately north of the temple, that has Pala period sculptures shaded by a large tree. Among them is an image of Shiva-Parvati, Ganesha and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvata. This platform was asserted by Cunningham to be the spot described by Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang as the place where Lord Buddha gazed constantly (animeshalochana) at the Bodhi Tree.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: This is a platform immediately north of the temple, that has Pala period sculptures shaded by a large tree. Among them is an image of Shiva-Parvati, Ganesha and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvata. This platform was asserted by Cunningham to be the spot described by Xuanzang as the place where Lord Buddha gazed constantly or animeshalochana at the Bodhi Tree.

Site Name:

Date: 1800-1899

Subject: Ganesha. Lac comes from an insect’s resinous secretion. Terracotta and wooden items are coated with lacquer to produce utility or decorative items. This figure is of the Hindu god Ganesha.

Site Name:

Date: 1800-1899

Subject: Ganesha. Lac comes from an insect’s resinous secretion. Terracotta and wooden items are coated with lacquer to produce utility or decorative items. This figure is of the Hindu god Ganesha. View of the back of the object.