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Shiva Worship

Sangram Singh ruled the kingdom of Mewar, centred in Udaipur, from 1710-34. Mewar was one of the most important...

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Shiva Worship II

The term linga (or lingam) means sign or mark in the Indian Sanskrit language. Linga are aniconic (non figurative) representations...

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Shiva Worship III

Rangoli is a traditional folk art practised all over India, where the geometric patterns were created on floors and walls inside homes...

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The Festival of Holi

The painting depicts the Maharao celebrating the festival of Holi with his courtiers and servants...

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The Tale of Genji

Genji was known to possess rare physical beauty, great sensitivity and intelligence...

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The Tale of Genji II

Due to The Tale of Genji's great popularity during the mid seventeenth to eighteenth centuries, Genji motifs appeared in many different media...

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Ukiyo-e in Edo Japan

Ukiyo-e, literally meaning 'pictures of the floating world'...

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Ukiyo-e in Edo Japan II

By far the largest of Hokusai's works is his fifteen- volume collection of printed Manga...

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Javanese Art

The work illustrated here and the related works on the DVD were made in Java, Indonesia...

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Javanese Art II

This album was probably produced at the palace (kraton) of the sultanate of Yogyakarta in central Java...

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Burmese Buddhist Sculpture

Buddhism was introduced to Southeast Asia from India and Sri Lanka in the second or third century AD and became popular...

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Cricket and Dragon

Learn about the animals of the Chinese calendar. Which animal are you? Your friends?

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