Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Amaravati

Date: ca 199-100 BCE; later additions: ca 1-399 CE

Subject: Stupa constructed of a central dome of bricks, nearly 50 m in diameter, mounted on a platform and covered with sculptural panels made of local Palnad marble, or limestone. Only a large earthen mound survives of the original stupa. The stupa was surrounded by a fence or railing, with four gateways in the cardinal directions; from left [Railing Cross-Bar with Lotus Medallion]

Site Name: Amaravati

Date: ca 199-100 BCE; later additions: ca 1-399 CE

Subject: Fragment from a railing Cross-Bar with incised design of Bodhi Tree and Stupa

Site Name: Amaravati

Date: ca 199-100 BCE; later additions: ca 1-399 CE

Subject: Two uprights and a single cross-bar, Stupa Railing Fragment

Site Name: Barhut

Date: ca 199-100 BCE

Subject: Barhut Rail Crossbar Medallion

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Date: ca 1590-1595 CE

Subject: Akbar crosses the Ganges on his elephant Udiya in pursuit of Ali Quli Khan In 1567; The Akbarnama was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written by his court historian and biographer Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1594 by at least 49 different artists from Akbar's studio.

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Date: 143-168 CE

Subject: This is the earliest representation of Buddha in numismatic iconography; there are contemporary gold dinars and quarter dinars; Buddha standing, arms crossed in front, Greek inscription [Copper Drachma (1/4 unit), Reverse]

Site Name: Mathura

Date: 300 CE

Subject: End piece for a Gateway Crossbeam; The God Baladeva

Site Name: Dundlod

Date:

Subject: In order to create a hierarchical feudal aristocracy under the Queen-Empress, coats-of-arms were created for and by the princes and even their nobles. This one shows an ancestral warrior, the god Krishna, and a castle or fort. Just as their British overlords challenged the princes' assumed prerogatives and symbols of power, the princes often challenged plays for power and prestige by their nobles. The Thakur of Dundlod was chastised by the Jaipur durbar for describing his home as a castle rather than a fort. He still kept the address "Dundlod Castle" on his stationery but crossed out "castle" in correspondence with Jaipur. The structure was originally built in 1750 as a fort and not used as a residence until 1809. Today it is both a residence and a hotel. [Coat-of-Arms of a Thikana (estate) within Jaipur]