Hindu art and Hinduism
historiated - Capital letters ornamented with representation, such as plants, animals, or human figures, that has a narrative — as distinct from a purely decorative — function.
Hindu Art
Hinduism, dating from the 2nd Millennium BCE, is the main religion in India, with about 850 million followers and some 64 types of traditional art.
trident - In Hindu art the trident is one of the attributes of the god Shiva. The three prongs represent Shiva's powers as a creator, protector and destroyer. The trident may also appear as an attribute of gods in Shiva's circle.
The temple took over 30 years to construct, and it enshrines some of the world's most beautiful examples of Khmer, Buddhist and Hindu Art.
Yakshi: A tree-nymph or local fertility spirit occuring in Buddhist and Hindu art and religion.
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Under the Indo-Greeks and then the Kushans, the interaction of Greek and Buddhist culture flourished in the area of Gandhara, in today's northern Pakistan, before spreading further into India, influencing the art of Mathura, and then the Hindu art ...
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Relief, Roman, Greek
  
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