The Age of the Imperial Guptas c3: List of Illustrations

The Age of the Imperial Guptas c3

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List of Illustrations

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I. Copper Seal of a *Kumārāmātya* of the Gupta Empire, used by a *Sāmanta* in the 8th Century A.D. Collection of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

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II. Temple of Śiva at Bhumra before excavation (1920) Nagod State, Central India.

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III. The Early Gupta Temple at Nachna Kuthara, Ajaygadh State, Bundelkhand.

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IV. Door-frame of the Gupta Temple at Bhumra, Nagod State, Central India.

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V. Stone door-frame of the temple of the Gupta period, at Dah Parbatiya, near Tezpur, Assam.

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VI. Early Gupta Temple at Tigowa, Jubbulpore District, C.P.

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VII. Temple of Daśavatāra at the foot of Deogadh Hill, Jhansi District. (Photo by Pandit Govind Malaviya, M.A., LL.B.)

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VIII. Temple of Mundeśvari, Bhabua Sub-division. Shahabad District. (Photo by J. C. French, Esq., I.C.S.)

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IX. Window in the Temple of Mundeśvari in the Shahabad District. (Photo by J. C. French, Esq., I.C.S.)

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X. Carved door-frame from the temple of Mundeśvari, Shahabad District, Bihar.

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XI. Cave excavated by a Sanakānika Chief during the reign of Candragupta II (Cave No. 5), Udaygiri, near Bhilsa, Gwalior State, C.I.

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XII. Candragupta Cave, Udaygiri, near Bhilsa, Gwalior State.

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XIII. Virasena's Cave, or Cave No. 6, Udaygiri, near Bhilsa, Gwalior State.

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XIV. Pillar of Garuḍa, dedicated in G.E. 165 by Mahārāja Matṛviṣṇu at Eran, Sagar District, C.P.

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XV. Image of the Boar Incarnation of Viṣṇu dedicated in the 1st year of the reign of the Hūṇa King Toramāṇa by Dhanyaviṣṇu with the ruins of a temple of Viṣṇu, at Eran, Sagar District, C.P.

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XVI. Main shrine at Sarnath as excavated in 1905, back view (Photo taken May, 1905.)

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XVII. (a) Liṅga dedicated in G.E. 117 during the reign of Kumāragupta I from Karamdaṇḍa, District Gonda, U.P. (Lucknow Museum).

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XVII. (b) Brick stamped with the name of Kumāragupta from Saiyadpur Bhitari, Ghazipur District, U.P. (Lucknow Museum No. B 879.)

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XVIII. Image of the 24th Tīrthaṅkara, Varddhamāna Mahāvīra, dedicated at Mathura during the reign of Kumāragupta I in G.E. 113. (Lucknow Museum.)

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XIX. Buddha figures of the Gupta period in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

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XX. Buddha in the Dharma-cakra-mudrā from Sarnath, Benares. (Sarnath Museum.)

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XXI. Buddha in the Bhūmisparśa Mudrā from Sarnath, Benares. (Sarnath Museum )

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XXII. Buddha in the Abhaya Mudrā, from Sultanganj, District Bhagalpur, Bihar. (Birmingham Museum.)

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XXIII. Lokeśvara Padmapāṇi from Sarnath, Benares. (Sarnath Museum No. B (a) 1.)

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XXIV. Ekamukha liṅga from ruined temple on the road from Khoh to Parasmania, Nagod State, Central India.

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XXV. (*a*) The wounded Yakṣa, from the ruined temple at Khoh, Nagod State, Central India.

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XXV. (*b*) Buddha dedicated in G.E. 129, in the reign of Kumāragupta I at Mankuwar, Tahsil Karchchhana, District Allahabad. (Lucknow Museum)

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XXVI. (*a*) Viṣṇu, from Cave No. 2 Udaygiri, near Bhilsa, Gwalior State.

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XXVI. (*b*) Nāgī, from drum of Maniyar Math Stupa, Old Rajgir, Patna District, Bihar.

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XXVII. Door-jamb from Bhilsa, Gwalior State, C.I. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)

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XXVIII. *Ananta-Śayyā* of Viṣṇu, in cave at Udaygiri, near Bhilsa, Gwalior State.

XXIX. Scenes from Buddha's life I (*a*) Māyā's dream. (*b*) Birth of Buddha, (*c*) the first bath, (II) the *Sambodhi*, (III) *Dharma-cakra-pravartana*, (IV) the Miracle of Śrāvastī, and (V) *Devāvatāra*. Stele from Sarnath, Benares. (Indian Museum No. S. 1.)