Indian art

Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2nd century BCE to 1st century CE Buddhist cave monuments located in Maharashtra, India

art from Indian Subcontinent cultures

Nataraja (, ; , Naṭarājar), also known as Adalvallan (), is a depiction of Shiva, one of the main deities in Hinduism, as the divine cosmic dancer. His dance is called the tandava. The pose and artwork are described in many Hindu texts such as the Tevaram and Thiruvasagam in Tamil and the Amshumadagama and Uttarakamika agama in Sanskrit and the Grantha texts. The dance murti is featured in all major Hindu temples of Shaivism, and is a well-known sculptural symbol in India and popularly used as a symbol of Indian culture, as one of the finest illustrations of Hindu art. This form is also referr

thumb|upright=1.3|A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India thumb|A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam thumb|Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks. It is an everyday practice in some Hindu households; however, making it is mostly reserved for festivals and other important celebrations, as rangolis are time-consuming. Rangolis are

18th-century automaton or mechanical toy

capital of a column of Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India

steatite seal that was discovered at the Mohenjo-daro archaeological site

paintings from India

history of Asian art or Eastern art

thumb| Salabhanjika, Hoysala era sculpture, Belur, Karnataka, India A salabhanjika or shalabhanjika is a term found in Indian art and literature with a variety of meanings. In Buddhist art, it means an image of a woman or yakshi next to, often holding, a tree, or a reference to Maya under the sala tree giving birth to Siddhartha (Buddha). In Hindu and Jain art, the meaning is less specific, and it is any statue or statuette, usually female, that breaks the monotony of a plain wall or space and thus enlivens it.

art produced during the Mauryan Empire

popular form of regional decoration in South Asia

thumb|Bhutesvara Yakshis (2nd century CE), [[Mathura art]]

Czech art historian (1896-1993)

art of the Gupta Empire

iconic symbols with spiritual meaning in Hinduism

period of the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE - 1250 CE) in South India

Architectural style in 7th-century India

In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure

A folk art

ancient school of art, especially Sculpture, in India

building in India

Hindu sacred symbol dedicated to Lord Ganesha

The Chitrakathi is the name of an occupational caste whose traditional livelihood was to narrate stories aided with pictures sojourning various places.

Online volunteer group of art enthusiasts helping to recover stolen Indian religious artefacts

Greek influence on Indian art

thumb|Off-white cotton sheer ground with an embroidered design of a stylized floral spray: The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra. thumb|Sternocera aequisignata แมลงทับ, a beetle used in Thailand for beetlewing decoration thumb|Tamamushi Shrine, [[Horyu-ji, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Asuka Period, decorated with lacquer and oil painting on wood, gilt bronze plaques, and the iridescent wings of jewel beetle (Tamamushi)]] Beetlewing, or beetlewing art, is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced tradi

art fair held in New Delhi, India