Archive for Category: Temples

Where does it come from?

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words,...

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Art and Crafts in Indus-Sarasvati Valley- Sudha Satyawadi

Introduction ARChAEOLOGiCAL  records in India and Pakistan before and after 1947 reveal that in addition to many sites distributed along the main course and the tributaries of Indus and Sarasvatī rivers, there were many sites in Gujarat, Baluchistan hills and along Makran coast. Geographical extent of the Indus civilization...

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ROCK ART: PERSPECTIVES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Perspectives of Cognitive Development and Perception of Reality of Our Stone Age Ancestors -Giriraj Kumar Abstract: Rock art is a form of folklore expressed on the bare surface of rocks mostly by our Stone Age ancestors. It is an important source for understanding the cognitive, intellectual and cultural development...

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Ajanta Cave Temples (200BC-600AD)

Jawahar Lal Nehru once said “Ajanta takes us back into some distant dream like but a very real past”. Ajanta rock art is a combination of three arts – architecture, sculpture and painting. Buddhist monks excavated rocks to form these caves for praying, for meditation and for residing. The...

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