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Architectural Light red sandstone Relief with Chamunda (Kali) Dancing on Reclining Shiva - India, Madhya Pradesh, Chandela period, 10th-11th century, possibly Khajuraho, 10th–11th century

Source: Harvard Art Museums

Samvara and Vajravarahi - 12th Century Stone Sculpture, Tibet

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Standing Male God (possibly Shiva) - 6th Century Gupta Period Sculpture

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Mahakala - 11th-12th Century Pala Period Black Stone Sculpture

Note: Mahakala is a wrathful manifestation of Shiva Bhairava, taken up in an Esoteric Buddhist context as a fierce manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as guardian of the dharma (Buddhist law) and the sangha (community of monks and nuns). He is shown here enthroned on a lotus cushion—another supports his pendant foot—wielding a sword and trident and displaying a skull cup (kapala); his missing fourth hand likely held the flaying knife. He wears a skull diadem with radiating flames. A skull garland is slung around his waist, and snakes form his sacred cord and armbands. A kneeling couple, presumably the donors who commissioned the icon, make an offering below. A Sanskrit inscription in proto-Bengali script identifies them: it states, in part, “this is the pious gift of Dahapati.”

Source: metmuseum.org

Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati - 11th-12th Century Pala Period Black Stone Sculpture

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Manjuvajra Mandala (Esoteric form of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom) - 11th Century Pala Period Black Stone Buddhist Sculpture

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Female Figures of Konark Sun Temple - 13th Century, Orissa, India

Source: The Digital South Asia Library ( http://dsal.uchicago.edu )

Surasundari Sculptures of Konark Sun Temple - 13th Century Orissa India

Source: The Digital South Asia Library ( http://dsal.uchicago.edu )

Konark Sun Temple Wall Details - Orissa, India

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Stone Sculpture of Loving Couple (Mithuna) - Eastern Ganga Dynasty, 13th Century, Orissa India

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Seated Ganesha - Hoysala Dynasty - 12th-13th Century

Source: http://www.asia.si.edu

This sculpture displays the ornate carving and exuberant decoration characteristic of art created under the Hoysala dynasty (1042–1346). The decorated floral arch surrounding the sculpture suggests that it once occupied a cell or niche in a temple.