• The Bharhut Yavana is a high relief of a warrior which was discovered among the reliefs of the railings around the Bharhut Stupa. It is dated to circa...
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    sculptures Bharhut excavation, with the Bharhut Yavana The Yaksha relief at Bharhut being worshipped as Hanuman by local villagers The ruined Bharhut Stupa;...
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    India. A warrior figure, the Bharhut Yavana, appeared prominently on a high relief on the railings of the stupa of Bharhut circa 100 BC. The warrior has...
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    Yona (redirect from Yavana)
    the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit and Yavanar in Tamil, were words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations...
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    Vidisha. Another rather similar foreigner is also depicted in Bharhut, the Bharhut Yavana (c. 100 BCE), also wearing a tunic and a royal headband in the...
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    relief from a Buddhist stupa in Bharhut, in eastern Madhya Pradesh (today at the Indian Museum in Calcutta), the Bharhut Yavana, represents a foreign soldier...
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    art. Bharhut stupa, Shunga horseman Shunga Yakshi Chandraketugarh figurine Male figure, Chandraketugarh, India, 2nd-1st century BCE Bharhut Yavana(Greek)...
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  • larger stone sculptures, and architectural monuments such as the stupa at Bharhut, and the renowned Great Stupa at Sanchi. The Shunga rulers helped to establish...
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    (Greek maidens) in his work. Bharhut Yavana is a relief, discovered among the reliefs of the railings around the Bharhut Stupa, representing a Greek warrior...
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    like a Greek Late Archaic mannerism". Similar folds can be seen in the Bharhut Yavana. Parkham Yaksha inscription, paleographically dated to mid-2nd century...
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    like a Greek Late Archaic mannerism". Similar folds can be seen in the Bharhut Yavana. The Parkham Yaksha is one of four known occurrences of the Yaksha Manibhadra...
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    inscriptions. Numerous donors, mainly local merchants, several of them Yavanas (Greeks), as well as numerous Buddhist monks and nuns, provided donations...
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    capitals including the Pillars of Ashoka, and stupas such as the Sanchi and Bharhut stupas, which were constructed and first decorated during the Maurya Era...
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    Samgha, by a Yavana donor named Chanda: "yavanasa camdānam gabhadā[ra]" "The meritorious gift of the façade of the (gharba) hall by the Yavana Chanda" — Inscription...
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    two of the Western Satraps, Ushavadata and his wife Dakshamitra, and the Yavana (Indo-Greek) Dhammadeva. Since the caves were inhabited by the Mahayana...
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    uncertain city. Another rather similar foreigner is also depicted in Bharhut, the Bharhut Yavana, also wearing a tunic and a royal headband in the manner of a...
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    Buddha, probably around the 1st century CE, Indian Buddhist art, as seen in Bharhut or Sanchi, had essentially been aniconic, avoiding representation of the...
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    Ganges. Various Indian records describe Yavana attacks on Mathura, Panchala, Saketa, and Pataliputra. The term Yavana is thought to be a transliteration of...
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    was only represented with symbols in earlier Indian art as in Sanchi or Bharhut. The first known representations of the Buddha seem to appear before the...
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    the 1st century CE. Yavana inscription of cave 54 Yavanasa Irilasa Gatâna deyadhama be podhiyo "Donation of two tanks by the Yavana Irila, in the name...
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    the "year 318" of the Yavana era (AD 143). Vasudeva I: Hashtnagar Buddha and its piedestal, inscribed with "year 384" of the Yavana era (c. AD 209). Vasudeva...
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    Architecture Sculpture Painting Locations Bhimbetka Mathura Gandhara Sanchi Bharhut Barabar caves Ajanta Khajuraho See also Indian history Indian culture Asian...
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    art pavilions. These friezes share themes and details of those found in Bharhut, Sanchi, Amaravati, Ellora, Bagh, Aihole, Badami and other archaeological...
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    members of the clergy, government officials, and even foreigners such as Yavanas (Greeks) representing about 8% of all inscriptions. Facades were added...
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    monumental flame palmette can be seen on the top of the Sunga gateway at Bharhut. Achaemenid Derivatives Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath.The Achaemenid...
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    Stupa), Taxila, Pakistan Bhir Mound (reconstructed), Taxila, Pakistan Bharhut stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Deorkothar Stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Butkara...
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    the unknown artist who created the initial model [for the Buddha] was a Yavana, both artist and philosopher, who belonged both to Greece and India." — Mario...
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    having specific names: Bhutalinga (भूत लेणी) group, with an inscription by a Yavana donor. Amba-Ambika (अंबा-अंबिका) group Bhimasankar (भीमाशंकर) group, southeast...
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    Shunga horseman, Bharhut....
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    variations starting to emerge. From around the 2nd-1st century BCE at Bharhut and Sanchi, scenes of the life of the Buddha, or sometimes of his previous...
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