A khondolite stone sculpture of the sun god Surya from the Konark Sun Temple, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Orissa, dated 1200 to 1300 CE, held by the National Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.178. Surya stands holding a full blown lotus in each hand, riding a chariot drawn by seven galloping horses and driven by his charioteer Aruna, flanked by the attendants Danda and Pingala and his consorts Chhaya and Suvarchasa, the whole composition set beneath a decorative arch. The sculpture reflects the fully Indianized form of Surya's iconography that developed after the Gupta period, in place of the earlier Persian influenced images that showed the god in foreign dress with only four horses.
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Depicted SubjectSurya standing on his seven-horse chariot with lotuses, Aruna, attendants and consorts. 1 Custody
Current LocationNational Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.178 1 Current CustodianNational Museum, New Delhi 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Delhi, Cities This source names Delhi directly: "CE, held by the National Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.178."
Source Surya, 50.178, National Museum New Delhi (Google Arts and Culture)
Ganga, Deities This source names Ganga directly: "from the Konark Sun Temple, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Orissa, dated 1200 to 1300 CE, held by the National Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.178."
Source Surya, 50.178, National Museum New Delhi (Google Arts and Culture)
This source names Konark Sun Temple directly: "of the sun god Surya from the Konark Sun Temple, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Orissa, dated 1200 to 1300 CE, held by the National Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.178."
Source Surya, 50.178, National Museum New Delhi (Google Arts and Culture)
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Surya, Deities Source Surya, 50.178, National Museum New Delhi (Google Arts and Culture)
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India, Regions Source Surya, 50.178, National Museum New Delhi (Google Arts and Culture)
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A khondolite stone sculpture of the sun god Surya from the Konark Sun Temple, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Orissa, dated 1200 to 1300 CE, held by the National Museum, New Delhi, accession 50.
- Originated In: India, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: India
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