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Dhonifan Side Hero Username: Dhonifan Post Number: 7030 Registered: 12-2012 Posted From: 98.160.142.90 Rating: N/A |
we should get these back and setup a museum in capital | ||
Dhonifan Side Hero Username: Dhonifan Post Number: 7029 Registered: 12-2012 Posted From: 98.160.142.90 Rating: N/A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaravati_Marbles The AmarÄ」atÄ« Collection, sometimes called the Amaravati Marbles, is a series of 120 sculptures and inscriptions in the British Museum from the AmarÄ」atÄ« mahÄ…etiya in Amaravathi village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. The AmarÄ」atÄ« material entered the Museum's collection in the 1880s. The AmarÄ」atÄ« collection in the British Museum consists of over 120 different pieces made from a limestone called Palnad marble, although the material is certainly not marble and the source of the stone in the Palnad quarry not decisively proven.[1] The figurative sculptures are nearly all in relief, with many of the most crowded scenes illustrating some of the Jataka tales, a large body of literature with complex accounts of the previous lives of the Buddha. The collection in the museum in Chennai (formerly Madras) has a large number of sculptures in relief, which they have classified by four periods of activity starting in the second century BC and stretching to the second century AD. The first period covers the 100 years between 200 and 100 BC, the second period covers 200 years from 100 BC to AD 100, the third covers AD 100 to 150, and the fourth covers 150 to 200. |