Lecture 9: Gupta Art: Sacred and Secular
Oct. 17, 1996

  1. Maurya -- Asoka Column, Sarnath

    Drawing of Original Proportions 322-185 BC Sarnath

  2. -- Plants: Rose Lotus from Benares

  3. Kushan -- Oxus Treasure: embossed silver rondel w/ three figures riding elephant to right

    whole silver

  4. Gupta -- Plate with figures

    whole silver with alloy Cleveland: Museum of Art 72.71

  5. Gupta -- Lintel Fragment from Garhwa

    detail: Worship procession stone Lucknow: State Museum B223 B&C

  6. Gupta Surya -- Lintel from Garhwa

    stone Lucknow: State Museum B223

  7. Kushan-Mathura Indian -- Seated Buddha from Katra

    whole: front - on Lion Throne Mathura: Government Museum

  8. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Preaching, from Loriyan Tangai

    whole: front 2-3c AD schist Calcutta: Indian Museum

  9. Gupta -- Buddha Image

    whole stone Baroda Devnimori Univ. of Baroda

  10. Gupta -- Buddha Image

    detail: head stone Baroda Devnimori Univ. of Baroda

  11. Gupta-Vakataka -- Standing Buddha from Mathura - Rashtrapati Bhavan

    detail of head stone New Delhi President's Palace

  12. Gupta-Vakataka -- Standing Buddha from Mathura - Rashtrapati Bhavan

    front stone New Delhi: President's Palace

  13. -- Big Buddha Niche

    ext: view of full figure Bamiyan, Afghanistan

  14. Gupta -- Dhamekh Stupa

    Deer Park with Stupa in Distance Sarnath

  15. Gupta -- Seated Buddha in Dharmacakra Mudra

    whole: front 5c Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  16. Gupta -- Seated Buddha in Dharmacakra Mudra

    detail: head 5c Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  17. Gupta -- Buddha in Abhaya Mudra

    whole: front 473-474 Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  18. Gupta-Vakataka -- Standing Buddha from Sarnath

    whole: front 5-6c sandstone Sarnath: Sarnath Museum 5512

  19. -- Amaravati Stupa.

    SCPT: Drum slab, middle phase sculpture. BM 39 2c BC Amaravati

  20. -- Amaravati Stupa.

    SCPT: Drum slab: Stupa - London: British Museum 3-2c BC Amaravati

  21. Iksvaku -- Ruined Shrine

    SCPT: standing Buddha late 3-4c Nagarjunakonda

  22. -- Nagarjunakonda

    Plan of typical monastic complex Nagarjunakonda

  23. -- Bodhnath Stupa

    ext: full view Bhatgaon, Nepal

  24. -- Shwedagon Pagoda

    ext: general view from st. Rangoon

  25. -- Borobudur, Java

    View from northeast Borobudur, Java

  26. -- Buddhist Temple

    ext: Aerial view from south 8-9c Borobudur, Java

  27. -- Buddhist Temple

    ext: Aerial view from east 8-9c Borobudur, Java

  28. -- Buddhist Temple

    ext: Circular terrace - third terrace, general view 8-9c Borobudur, Java

  29. Gupta -- Udayagiri,

    General view overlooking caves c400 Udayagiri Bhopal

  30. Gupta -- Cave 11

    SCPT: Vishnu on Ananta early 5c Udayagiri

  31. -- Cave No.5.

    SCPT:Varaha Relief, full view, Angle c400 Udayagiri

  32. -- Cave No.5.

    SCPT:Varaha Relief, Samudra c400 Udayagiri

  33. Gupta -- Cave No.1.

    ext: exterior porch Udayagiri

  34. Gupta -- Temple 17

    ext: View From N.W. 5c Sanchi

  35. Indian -- Mahabodhi Temple

    as seen on Kumrahar plaque begun 2nd c. AD Bodh Gaya

  36. Indian -- Mahabodhi Temple

    Exterior: main temple from south Bodh Gaya