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Mohenjodaro - laying out railways discovered ancient settlement - structured society - indus valley seals
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Indus Valley Seals - untranslatable language - fully formed figurative interpretation of natural beings - groove on back to thread
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Indus Valley Terracotta - reveals costume of society (jewellery and headdresses) - elongated - women in society
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Indus Valley Bronze Figurines - bronze casting possible shows advanced society
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Indus Valley Priest-King - meditation eyes half-closed - groomed with defined beard
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Lion Capital (mounted on pillar) - ca 250BC - reign of Mauryan emperor Aśoka - Sarnath India - columns built to appropriate Buddhism with laws written onto them
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The Great Departure - Great Stūpa of Sanchi - east gateway
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Stūpa of Sanchi
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Figure of Yakshi (celestial woman) - celebrating fertility - female touch could make flowers bloom - Stūpa of Sanchi
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Gandhara Buddha - elongated earlobes / top knot / orna (bindi) / robe with folds - Hellenistic characteristics
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Mathura Buddha - C3 AD
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Kanishka Gold Coin - king on obverse and Buddha on reverse - Buddhist policy incorporated into government
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Vasudeva coing - Oesho (Shiva) figure standing with bull
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Gandhara Bodhisattva - Buddha depicted prior to enlightenment
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Dream of Queen Maya - Gandhara Takht Bahi Buddhist monastery
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