VPHB57H3 : Lecture 1
Document Summary
Sindhu valley sites, early religious thought and image production. Three rivers: himalayas, sindhu and indus - (from which the word india is derived) three religion: hindu, jain and buddhism in south asia. Annual flooding - they took advantage of the river system and created a very efficient transport and trade facilities. (flora and fauna of the region) Sculpture: mohenjadaro - big breasts, flat body. Before there ere not much recorded history, the mughal period first introduced proper record keeping of history www. notesolution. com. Giant triple head of god shiva - shiva cave temple at elephanta. Artists created the female torso by getting inspiration from shiva"s dumroo (hand drum) Seeing the image in dancing would be different from seeing it in a museum. kama - love. Best or the finest part of a thing. Ni-rasa - without rasa there are nine rasas. Erotic (blue-black), comic( white), quiescent (silvery) (these are the only rasas found in painting and sculptures)