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Site Name: Sanchi

Date: 99-1 BCE

Subject: Back view west side, detail showing yaksi and elephant rider

Site Name: Srivilliputtur (Tiruvilliputtur)

Date: ca 1300-1399 CE

Subject: Outer Gopuram, base: sculpted decoration, lions attacking elephant and sheep (?); Sculpture in situ

Site Name: Dhaka

Date: 1980-1989 CE

Subject: Tiger elephant combat

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: ca 462-480 CE

Subject: With elephant gate

Site Name: Mount Abu

Date: 1230 CE

Subject: Jina shrine at southwest corner of sanctuary, left side: elephant base; Dedicated to the 22nd Tirthankara Shri Nemi Nathji. Built by the two brothers, Vastu Pala and Tej Pala, both ministers of a local ruler.

Site Name: Mount Abu

Date: 1021 CE

Subject: North side: Elephant on plinth of the sanctuary; Dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankara, Adinath.

Site Name: Konark

Date: ca 1236-1264 CE; restored in ca 1900-1999 CE

Subject: War elephant carrying demon; The Sun Temple, conceived as a chariot of the sun god pulled by seven horses, has 24 carved wheels, each approximately 10 feet in diameter.

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Subject: Nabagunjara. Nabgunjara depicts a composite animal in which Lord Vishnu disguised himself in the Odia version of Mahabharata. It has the head of a cock, neck of a peacock, hump of the bull, a snake for tail, and the waist of a lion. Three of its legs are from a tiger, a horse and an elephant while the fourth is a human holding a flower or a mirror.

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

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Subject: Dhokra Elephant with rider. Dhokra is a craft made by the lost-wax casting technique in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. This craft has a tribal lineage and flourishes in the tribal belts of Odisha. This is a figure of an elephant with a rider made of dhokra technique. Side view of the object. This object was procured from State Institute for Development of Arts & Crafts (SIDAC) Show House.

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

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Subject: Dhokra Elephant with rider. Dhokra is a craft made by the lost-wax casting technique in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. This craft has a tribal lineage and flourishes in the tribal belts of Odisha. This is a figure of an elephant with a rider made of dhokra technique. Front-side view of the object. This object was procured from State Institute for Development of Arts & Crafts (SIDAC) Show House.

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Site Name: Fatehpur Sikri

Date: 1571-1605

Subject: Column with traces of elephant painting; Maryam-uz-Zamani (d.1623), or 'Bibi Miriam', one of Akbar's wives, lived here. She was the daughter of Rajah Bihari Mall, sister to Rajah Bhagwan Das, and mother of Jahangir.