Non-Western: South Asia

Question 1

Answer 1

Lion Capital

From Ashokan pillar at Sarnath,

Uttar Pradesh, India.

Maurya period, c. 250 BCE. Polished sandstone, height 7’

Question 2

Answer 2

Standing Buddha, From Gandhara, Pakistan.

Kushan period, c. 2nd-3rd century CE.

Schist, height 7’6“

Question 3

Answer 3

Buddha And Attendants

From Katra Keshavdev, Mathura, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Kushan period, c. late 1st-early 2nd century CE.

Red sandstone, height 27-1/4“

Question 4

Answer 4

Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa) at Sanchi

Madhya Pradesh, India.

Founded 3rd century BCE; Enlarged c. 150-50 BCE.

Question 5

Answer 5

Yakshi Bracket Figure

East torana of the Great Stupa at Sanchi,

1st century BCE

Sandstone, height approx. 60“

Question 6

Answer 6

Vishnu Lying On The Cosmic Waters,

Relief panel in the Vishnu Temple, Deogarh.

c. 530 CE.

Sandstone, height approx. 5‘

Question 7

Answer 7

Buddha Preaching his First Sermon, from Sarnath,

Uttar Pradesh, India.

Gupta period, c. 465-485 CE.

Sandstone, height 5’3”

Question 8

Answer 8

Bodhisattva, Detail of a wall painting in Cave I,

Ajanta, Maharashtra, India.

Vakataka dynasty, c. 475 CE.

Question 9

Answer 9

Eternal Shiva,

Rock-cut relief in the cave-temple of Shiva, Elephanta,

Mid 6th century CE.

Height approx. 11‘

Question 10

Answer 10

Kailasha Temple, Ellora, cave 16,

Ellora, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.

Mid 8th century CE.

Question 11

Answer 11

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho

Madhya Pradesh, India.

Chandella dynasty, c. 1000 CE

Question 12

Answer 12

Erotic Sculptures, Kandariya Mahadeva Temple,

Detail of reliefs.

Height of registers approx. 3’3”.

Sandstone,

c. 1000 CE

Question 13

Answer 13

Rajarajeshvara Temple Of Shiva, Thanjavur

Tamil Nadu, India.

Chola dynasty, 1003-1010 CE

Question 14

Answer 14

Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance),

South India,

Chola dynasty, 11th century CE.

Bronze.

Question 15

Answer 15

Borobudur, Central Java,

Magelang District, Indonesia.

c. 800 CE.

Aerial view.

Question 16

Answer 16

Loro Jonggrang

Prambanan, Central Java, Indonesia.

9th century CE

Question 17

Answer 17

Angkor Wat

Angkor, Cambodia.

12th century CE.

Question 18

Answer 18

Outer Gopura Of The Minakshi-sundareshvara Temple

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, south India.

Nayak dynasty, mostly 13th to mid 17th century,

with modern renovations

Question 19

Answer 19

Sanctuary of Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque,

Qutub Minar complex,

Delhi

Question 20

Answer 20

Taj Mahal,

Agra, India.

Mughal period, reign of Shah Jahan,

c. 1632-1648.

Question 21

Answer 21

“Krishna and the Gopis,” From the Gita Govinda,

Rajasthan, India.

Mughal period, c. 1525-1550.

Gouache on paper, 4-7/8” × 7-1/2”

Question 22

Answer 22

George Wittet,

Gateway Of India

Mumbai, India.

1924.

Question 23

Answer 23

Maqbool Fida Husain,

“Vedic,”

Theorama series,

1994