Mohenjo-Daro Man Performing Raajasooya Yajna
Several scholars and academicians post excavation of Indus sites, got inspired by the grandeur of planned dwelling site. The artifacts, murals, pottery and the most intriguing seals of this magnificent civilization More...
Interpreting the Dholavira Sign Board of Indus Civilization
Dholavira is a large archaeological site of the ancient Indus valley civilization, situated in the Kutch district of Gujarat in Western India. One of the most interesting and significant discoveries at Dholavira More...
Erotic Sentiment in Indian Temple Sculptures
[contextly_sidebar id=”M2JykoyMl14g7XYo7DKAJS4GdfPnXRen”] Abstract Shringara rasa – the sentiment of erotic love, and first of the nine rasas / navarasas as they are called are the natural states More...
Spirals and Curves in the Paleographical Evolution of Kannada Alphabets
Abstract An inquiry as to why the alphabets of the script of Kannada language of Karnataka state, South India, are so full of curves and spirals motivated me to know more about the science behind spiral patterns More...
Significance of the single horned bull in Indus seals
The Indus seals, also called Harappan seals depicting finely executed carvings, approximately dating as far back as 3500 years, are highly sophisticated heritage artifacts which mirror the religious, social and More...
Mystery in History -Visualization of Miracles of Buddha in Shravasti
A panel with depiction of miracles performed by Buddha in Shravasti, is now in the Lahore museum. Gandhara style of art mostly had big sculptures like Bamyan Buddha of Afghanistan. This panel has over 60 small figures More...
Harappan Site: A Miniature Depiction in Seals
The Harappan/Indus seals, as tiny as 3”/3” with a picture of single horned bull and some unique symbols inscribed has remained a mystery because the symbols have remained undeciphered. The seals which were in More...
Granthis: The Psychic Knots and its depiction in sculptures
The temple complexes of India are adorned with sculptures of several themes related to social, political, cultural history incorporating the heritage values of vedas, yoga shastra, puranas epics, etc. Some sculptures More...
Yoga as a prelude to Svadhyaya in sculptures
The apsara sculpture of the Belur Chennakeshava temple depicts a divyangana explaining the scriptures. The two figures of Jalasanghi and Chinchanasur at Bidar district show a woman writing a letter on a plank. The More...
River Sarasvati as Eulogised in Rig Veda
Sarasvati is celebrated both as a river deity, as her name and as the goddess of knowledge and ‘vak’-speech personified, is so identified because of her act of “flow”. Etymologically the word sara means More...