Srinivasan, Sharada
(2023)
Ramayana Bronzes and Sculptures from the Chola to Vijayanagara Times.
In:
The Multivalence of an Epic: Retelling the Rāmāyaṇa in South India and Southeast Asia.
Routledge, London.
ISBN 9781003456797
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| Abstract: |
Rama, the hero of Valmiki’s Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, is regarded as the seventh incarnation or avatar of Lord Vishnu. The earliest sculptural depictions of Ramayana imagery appear as narrative reliefs rather than as full-fledged individual deities. While Ramayana narratives begin appearing in Chalukyan cave and structural temples, they are not found as part of the main iconographic representations but as minor or subsidiary narratives along with representations from the Panchatantra, Mahabharata and Sthalapuranas. Lead isotope ratio analysis is a powerful method for archaeological finger-printing and classification because lead isotope ratios of artefacts from similar sources of lead tend to cluster together due to geochemical factors. The Vijayanagara dynasty consciously continued Chola conventions in bronze casting. |
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| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > Art History
School of Humanities > Fine Arts |
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Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
19 Feb 2026 09:00 |
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19 Feb 2026 09:00 |
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003456797 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/3172 |
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