The Raj -> John Marshall -> R.D. Bannerji -> Ananda Coomarswamy -> Alicia Matsunaga
Indian Era | Works | Buddhist | hindu |
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Maurya Period (3rdc BC) | Sarnath Lion Capital |
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Sunga-Andra Period (1BC-1AD) | Stupas Chaityas |
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Kushan & Gupta Period (5thc AD) | Friar Bola Bodhisattva | Worshipped as a Buddha | Worshipped as a Yaksha |
Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis
Although it may not be wise to use this principle in every single case, art historians have been applying this principle for years to make sense of certain things. It may even be more correct to say:
Synthesis = Thesis & Antithesis
"hinduism" + Buddhism => Hinduism & Buddhism
Indian Era | Various Works of Art and Culture |
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Indus Valley Period (3000 BC) | |
Maurya Period (3rdc BC) | |
Sunga-Andra Period (1BC-1AD) | |
Kushan & Gupta Period (5thc AD) |