Key Terms 1
Key Terms 2
Art Object IDs
Buddhist Art/Sites
Hindu Art/Sites
100
The hemispherical dome of a stupa
What is an anda?
100
The ritual circumambulation in a clockwise direction, so that one’s right should is always nearer the object of veneration
What is pradakshina?
100
Identify the following object's Title and general Date/Period
Unicorn Seal
Indus Valley Civilization
5cm x 5cm
100
Identify the site.
What are two significant features or themes associated with this site?
Lomasa Rishi Cave
c. 250 BCE
Barabar Hills
100
What are two significant features or themes associated with this site?
Elephanta Caves - Floorplan
Ca. 520-600 CE, Kalachuri Dynasty
Elephanta Island (near present day Mumbai)
200
Using a sign or symbol to indicate the presence of a figure
What is aniconism?
200
The sum of one's good and bad deeds
What is Karma?
200
Identify the following object's: Title, Date, Patron, Significance of original site of display
Sarnath Lion Capital
Patron: Emperor Ashoka
C. 250 BCE
Site of the Buddha’s first sermon
200
Identify the object. What are two significant features or themes associated with this object?
Enlightenment of the Buddha
Late 2nd - 3rd century, Kushan Period
Gray Schist
Gandhara
200
What are two significant features or themes associated with this site?
The Great Penance Relief
7th century
Mamallapuram
300
Protuberance on the crown of a head; an attribute that marks the Buddha as a chakravartin
What is an usnisa?
300
Literally "wheel-turner," the title of a universal monarch/emperor whose rule is seen as unbounded; also an epithet of the Buddha
What is Chakravartin?
300
Identify the Title, Date, and Location of this artwork. What are the names of the figures in profile on the left and right, and what do they represent?
Shiva as Maheshvara (Great Lord) / Sadashiva (Eternal Shiva) (or Mahesha-murti)
Elephanta Caves, c. mid-6th century
Left: Bhairava; ferocious aspect
Right: Parvati; gentle aspect
300
Identify the site. What are two significant features or themes associated with this site? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Great Stupa
C. 250 BCE
Sanchi
300
What are two significant features or themes associated with this site? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Kailasa Temple
Mid- to late 8th century (ca. 757–773)
Ellora
400
A complex term which can be used to refer to the teachings of Buddha, but was probably used by Emperor Asoka to refer to a broader sense of social ethics; often used to refer to moral duty and customary behavior.
What is Dharma/Dhamma?
400
Mathura and Ghandara
What are the two capitals during the Kushan Dynasty?
400
Who is this, and what are his incarnations called?
Vishnu
Dashavataras
400
Identify the object. What are two significant features or themes associated with this object? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Seated Buddha
Early 2nd century CE, Kushan Period
Mottled red sandstone
Mathura
400
What are two significant features or themes associated with this site? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Rajarajeswara Temple
1010 CE
Tanjore
500
The followers of this goddess are called shakta
Who is Devi (also called Shakti)?
500
A Sanskrit word meaning "form, body, embodiment, incarnation, manifestation"
What is murti?
500
Identify the Title, Location, and Date for this object. What is the figure in the center doing?
Vishnu Reclining
Deogarh Temple, ca. 530 CE
Dreaming the world into existence; murti of Vishnu (not avatar)
500
Identify the object. What are three significant features or themes associated with this site? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Bodhisattva
First phase: 2nd century BC; Second phase: 5th century CE
Ajanta
500
What are three significant features or themes associated with this site? One of your answers must incorporate a Key Term.
Udayagiri Caves (Varaha Panel)
5th century
Gupta Period