Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Identification of the Nanjuk Bronzes
This chapter describes Identification of the Nanjuk Bronzes located on page 97 of volume Volume 4 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 4 is devoted to the art, history and literature; inscriptions, statues and thought; mandalas, epics and legends of Classical Indonesia.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Identification of the Nanjuk Bronzes. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Triveni Journal
Iyer; Gauri–A Southern Bronze. Gauri A Southern Bronze The Saivite bronzes of South India are justly world-renowned. Since Dr. Coomaraswamy drew attention to their unique qualities, chiefly through such examples as the Nataraja images and the portrait bronzes of Saivite saints, other important pieces have come to light from the dark niches of ancient temples and have passed into private collections, where they await study. So exquisitely lovely are some of them that Mr. O. C....
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
Various form of image was found such as: The Avalokitesvara with two armed; most represented by the bronzes, a padma is held in the right hand while a kamandalu appears in the left. These attributes conform to the iconographic formula which already prevailed in China during the fifth century A....
Read full contents: 2. Avalokitesvara images in Champa
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) [by R. Muthuraman]
At the Jalakantesvarar temple in Vellore, the beautiful Vijayanagar sculptures are found on the pillars in the Kalyana mandapa, Vrishabhantika from Dharmapuram, Kalasamharamurti from Tirukadaiyur and Heramba Ganapati from Nagapattinam are the famous bronzes of this period. The Adavalleswarar temple and Arulala Perumal temple at Munnur have a number of sculptures both in stone and bronze icons dating back to 12thcentury A. D. , to 14thcentury A. D....
Read full contents: Introduction: The Sculpture Art of the Munnur Temples
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