The Culture and Art of IndiaEvery Indian is proud of India & art and culture. He shall wax eloquent on how it has assimilated the invader, and how they lost their own identities and became Indians. But if asked what exactly brought about this metamorphosis, he is bound to struggle for an answer; for the history he has read had enlightened him about the rise and fall of many dynasties both Indian and foreign but kept him almost dark on their artistic and cultural achievements.

her treatise does not follow a History of Religions approach with a baggage of technical terms

Koorma (tortoise)

the sleeping Shiva

Feminine beauty and sensuality is manifest in the figure

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Vegetable dyes are elegantly used on handmade paper

but is dressed modestly--perhaps representing her preference of knowledge over worldly material things

The idol of Lord Mahadev Shiva is deftly sculpted in brass and depicts the lord sitting on tiger’s skin in boon giving pose

Smith analyzes Indic literature from all ages—the earliest Vedic texts

Dehejia exposits the basic tenets of Kasmir Saivism through the celebrated marriage of Siva and Parvati and the image of the Ardhanarisvara

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There is an intelligent principle that not only resides in the body but also cognises and governs it