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Pakistan: Sculptures

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dc.contributor.authorIngholt, Harald
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Seri Bahlol, Pakistan/Sirkap, Pakistan)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:46:33Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:46:33Z
dc.date.created1957
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:46:32Z
dc.description[Description on three cards] [1] Man in Iranian, not Indian costume, caftan and high boots, sceptre in right hand, purse in left, Female holds cornucopia (all born unclean to Indians), No children, but coins pouring out in orderly manner, Bachofer has postulated they represent the Iranian divinities Farro and Ardokhsho, introduced by the later Kusanas (Kaniska II) as a gesture against the overpowering influence of India and its religions, (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, ill, 345), [2] Appearing amid acanthuses on base that once probably supported Buddha in meditation, When Maya tried to dislodge Siddharta by physical force, he called the earth goddess to witness his right to remain, She first trembled in six ways, rumbled, and, "cleaving the earth which she shakes, she appears halfway out of the ground": last represented here, (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y, Pantheon Books, 1957, ill, 346), [3] Seated on four-legged throne is goddess clad in chiton and himation, In left hand, cornucopia, right hidden in mantle, on head is a low polos, May be a local version of Demeter or an early Hariti, On stratigraphic grounds this statuette has been dated in the first century A.D. -- [1] Sculpture from Sahri Bahlol, The Tutelory [sic] Couple (Compare with Pancita and Hariti), [2] The Earth Goddess, [3] Sculpture: from Sirkap, demeter: Hariti,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-588en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-630en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-630
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163356
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectGandhara Sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectReliefsen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectbook scanen_AU
dc.titlePakistan: Sculptures
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon books, 1957, ills, 347-8

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